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Marcos Pin: Broken Artist
by James Nadal
Santiago de Compostela, Spain, is famous for the religious pilgrimage, but in the jazz world it is gaining a reputation as a breeding ground for premier musicians. A host of piano players make the area home, so guitarist Marcos Pin easily stands out in the crowd. The hard bop influenced Broken Artist is his tenth release ...
Naima: Bye
by Glenn Astarita
This Spanish piano trio's moniker is seemingly derived from John Coltrane's classic ballad “Naima," included on the seminal album Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1960). Nonetheless, they don't abide by conventional mainstream jazz nomenclatures. Even though the artists' engage in jazzy improvisational movements, their core methodology is not about bop or swing, and is more closely aligned with ...
Maria Schneider on "The Thompson Fields"
by Marta Ramon
Maria Schneider is one of the most influential artists on the international jazz scene. Her open minded approach has led her to become a referent as a composer without being tagged to a specific genre. In the jazz panorama, she receives recognition for her impeccable, beautiful and meaningful compositions as well as for her passionate and ...
Sumrrá: 5 Journeys
by James Nadal
The Spanish jazz scene continues to propagate, and is to the point now that it is self-sufficient in its creation of top rate artists. Not only are there younger players coming up, but the established veterans are maintaining an impressive output of new material. Sumrrá falls into the latter category, and with its release of 5 ...
Luis Merino: Blacky
by Roger Farbey
A strident piano chord progression introduces the moderately-paced majestic opener “New Day" with a lithely executed melody from the guitar of Luis Merino, leader of a quartet hailing from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. Proceedings hot-up with the brisk toe-tapper “El Estandar" clearly demonstrating that the guitarist is no slouch when it come to playing ...
Acclaimed Composer Maria Schneider And Her Orchestra Tour To 10 European Cities, November 6 – 20
“...this magnificent, nature-drunk masterpiece, one of the great jazz records period, not just one of the great recent jazz records.” –Jeff Simon, Buffalo News 5-stars. “...a sound world of rare eloquence… the singularly most beautiful record I’ve heard this year.” –Peter Quinn, The Arts Desk (London) “...an extravagant show of her strengths: precise, expressive harmony; ribbons ...
Alberto Vilas Quinteto: Crónica Cromática
by James Nadal
There might be something to the theory that separation brings about greater creative awareness. The region of Galicia, on the northwest corner of Spain, though not geographically isolated, does pride itself in its unique cultural traits as music and language, differentiating itself from the rest of Spain. Given the historical influence of Celtic music in this ...
Noa Lur: badakit
by Mehdi El Mouden
Noa Lur is a force of nature. From Bilbao, the Spanish singer/song writer is a dreamy feminine soul that celebrates the majesty of jazz through a proud demeanor and a dominating voice. With such character Lur's phrases are suave, feathery and strong. In her debut album badakit, she makes her vocal talent stand out through original ...
50° Jazzaldia
by Luca Vitali
"Oltre 124.000 spettatori e più di cento spettacoli in programma a fronte di un eccellente livello artistico," sottolinea il comunicato stampa di chiusura di questa cinquantesima edizione di Jazzaldia -Heineken Jazz Festival. Come dargli torto. Uno dei grandi festival europei mantiene caratteristiche da festival “municipale," sempre attento al grande pubblico ma al tempo ...
Agusti Fernandez / Zlatko Kaučič: Sonic Party
by John Sharpe
Sonic Party documents a live meeting between Catalan pianist Agusti Fernandez and Slovenian percussionist Zlatko Kaucic. Unlike similar encounters with his countryman Ramon Lopez, all the selections here are generated on the fly. Such pairings accentuate the percussive nature of the piano, and all the more so because Fernandez is one of the greatest proponents of ...
