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Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet: Bien Bien!

Read "Bien Bien!" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson


With ¡Bien Bien!, as with previous releases, trombonist Wayne Wallace and his group display a very subtle kind of mastery. The elements of the combo's excellence are impressive enough. First, Wallace plays his instrument as beautifully as the trombone all-stars in Manny Oquendo's classic Conjunto Libre--or indeed the great Julian Priester, who sits in on a ...

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Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet: Bien Bien!

Read "Bien Bien!" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


The music with clave that began with Machito's “Tanga," and George Russell's “Cubana-Be Cubana-Bop" has come a long way. With clave in his soul, trombonist Wayne Wallace proves, yet again, on Bien Bien! that the cheer of the music is truly infectious. Wallace is rare among musicians who can swing as well as he can clave. ...

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Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet: Bien Bien!

Read "Bien Bien!" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


"Well, well" is one English translation for Bien Bein!, by the Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet. “Good, good" is another. Either is appropriate for this collection of nine songs. Wallace, a trombonist, composer and arranger, has been named “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" in the Down Beat Critics' Poll, and has shared the stage with ...

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Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet: Infinity

Read "Infinity" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Sulle orme di Steve Turre, prosegue l'esplorazione del latin jazz da parte del trombonista Wayne Wallace. Intorno ad un percorso ritmico di grande efficacia, ne vengono sviscerate tutte le possibili combinazioni, che vanno dal bolero al samba passando per il mambo, cha-cha-cha e innesti funk. È un quintetto che si dimostra un valido esponente del genere, ...

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Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet: Infinity

Read "Infinity" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson


With The Nature of the Beat (Patois, 2008), trombone virtuoso Wayne Wallace established himself as the musician you'd most like to have living in the downstairs apartment. If you had to have musicians downstairs, that is. The reasons Wallace and his extraordinary band mates would be welcome are essentially twofold. First, their repertoire is ...

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Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet: Infinity

Read "Infinity" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Distinguished trombonist and composer Wayne Wallace presents another sparkling album of Latin jazz music hot on the heels of his previous critically acclaimed release The Nature of the Beat (Patois Records, 2008) with Infinity, his fourth production for the Patois label and his second of 2008. Known as “The Doctor" for his production skills, Wallace produces ...


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