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Luis Perdomo: Awareness

Read "Awareness" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
December 11, 2006

Awareness is a resolute work of progressive jazz by one of today's emerging pianists, Luis Perdomo. The Venezuela native has memorably contributed to recordings of bright jazz names like Ravi Coltrane (In Flux, Savoy, 2005), Miguel Zenon (Jibaro, Marsalis Music, 2005) and Dafnis Prieto (About The Monks, ZOHO, 2005). Where his 2005 debut ...

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Luis Perdomo: Awareness

Read "Awareness" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
November 4, 2006

Venezuelan-born pianist Luis Perdomo is one of a new breed of Latin artists (also including saxophonist Miguel Zenón and pianist Edward Simon) who, while remaining true to their cultural roots, are equally informed by broader interests--including modernistic jazz concepts and European classical music. His debut, Focus Point (RKM, 2004), confirmed his forward-thinking ability to find the ...

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Focus Point

By Luis Perdomo

Label: RKM Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: You Know I Know; Fragments; Book of Life; Procession; San Millan; The Stranger; Spirit Song -- Part 1; Spirit Song -- Part 2; Dreams; Breakdown; Impromptu

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Jibaro

By Miguel Zenon

Label: Marsalis Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: Seis Cinco; Fajarde; Punto Cubano; Aguinaldo; Chorreao; Enramada; Villar; Llanera; Mariand; J.

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Luis Perdomo: Focus Point

Read "Focus Point" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
February 18, 2005

A focus point refers to the place where many things, often disparate, converge into one. Venezuelan pianist Luis Perdomo, who has emerged onto the vibrant and cosmopolitan New York live scene in the past few years, provides an apt example. His début release of the same name exposes a player who, while unquestionably rooted in Afro-Cuban ...

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Focus Point

By Luis Perdomo

Label: RKM Music
Released: 2004

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Luis Perdomo: Focus Point

Read "Focus Point" reviewed by Russ Musto

by Russ Musto
December 9, 2004

Luis Perdomo's maiden voyage as a leader is as impressive a debut disc as any released by a young musician in recent memory. The pianist/composer presents ten original compositions (eight by himself) in a variety of settings (solo, duo, trio, quartet and quintet) that clearly demonstrate how woefully inadequate the term Latin jazz is in describing ...

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Luis Perdomo: Focus Point

by Tomas Pena
November 24, 2004

Pianist Luis Perdomo grew up in a home filled with music. Born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1951, Luis was exposed to the sounds of salsa, Latin-American music, R&B, classical music and jazz by his father, an avid music enthusiast and collector. Drawn to the piano at an early age, Luis made his early professional appearances on ...