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Article: Album Review

Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Avatar

Read "Avatar" reviewed by Luis T. Martinez


Having matured and no longer needing to prove his chops to others or himself, pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba has turned his attention to ensembling and orchestration, and in no other work is this more evident than Avatar. Only after multiple listens does it become clear how the compositions are driving the improvisations and not the other way ...

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Article: Opinion

Interpreters & Music Makers

Read "Interpreters & Music Makers" reviewed by Luis T. Martinez


In jazz some are interpreters, others makers of music. Art Tatum and Ahmad Jamal are prime examples of the former. Either can take a standard and remake it, make it sound as if new, giving that old song a facelift - a sort of keeping the old new and up-to-date. In this, they are ...


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