Posted by admin on March 21, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Trio:
Lee Konitz – alt sax
Refus Reid – bass,
Matt Wilson – drums
There were full of surprises performance of a trio of one of the most known cool-jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz. Unexpectedly arrived remarkable contrabass player Refus Reid whose game (including a bow that is more characteristic for the European jazz, than American) the ensemble has been obliged by especial depth and emocial. Lee Konitz, whose musical career has begun in the middle of the last century, has surprised with the present and vivacity of musical thinking and special freedom of a statement of a material of jazz standards. He was 80 years old last autumn! Drummer of trio – Matt Wilson. Delicacy – the virtuozzo on percussion instruments. And on this performance, in a translucent acoustic trio, he was as it is impossible more by the way.
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Posted by admin on March 20, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Label: Blue Note
Release: 2008
Time: 65:19
Personnel:
Gonzalo Rubalcaba: piano, keyboards;
Yosvany Terry: alto, soprano & tenor saxophones, percussion;
Mike Rodriguez: trumpet, flugelhorn;
Matt Brewer: acoustic bass;
Marcus Gilmore: drums.
Great openning 2008 year.
All the players on this CD are a pleasant to hear. I’m listening these performances several times.
He present his album on “The International Festival “Triumph of Jazz-2008″ in Russia.
It’s the trademarks of the Moscow winter!
Find out more information about Gonzalo Rubalcaba on his official web-site : http://www.g-rubalcaba.com/
“Of course, Gonzalo is great contemporary jazz , as usual. He is clearly one of the leading pianists in the world – in any style of music. His touch and his ability to shape dynamics on the instrument are inimitable – even uncanny at times. And his time? The best. Just great.”
Review by Paul S. Brewer
Tracklist:
01 – Looking in Retrospective (9:43)
02 – This Is It (12:32)
03 – Aspiring to Normalcy (13:07)
04 – Peace (4:09)
05 – Hip Side (8:34)
06 – Infantil (7:07)
07 – Preludio Corto No.2 For Piano (Tu Amor Era Falso) (10:07)
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