Tom Harrell -][- NUMBER FIVE – [HighNote, 2012] –

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Tom Harrell, NUMBER FIVE

Tom Harrell -][- NUMBER FIVE – [HighNote, 2012] –

Tom Harrell is one of the world’s most respected jazz trumpeters and composers. His original works achieve that rare balance between intricacy and musicality, being at once intellectually engaging and emotionally satisfying.

In realizing this musical vision, Harrell has surrounded himself with like minded players and it is this, his “working band,” that has appeared unchanged on five of his HighNote recordings. The result is a comfort level that approaches musical symbiosis and a recording which is much more than another entry in a discography, but is an event. -[Editorial Review | Amazon]-

Release Date: May, 22TH, 2012

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Gonzalo Rubalcaba -][- XXI CENTURY – [5Passion, 2012 | Review] –

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Gonzalo Rubalcaba, XXI Century

Gonzalo Rubalcaba -][- XXI CENTURY –Mp3– [5Passion, 2012 | Review] –

Unknown by most of us at the time, the unanticipated arrival of soon to be Grammy Award winning pianist Gonzalo Julio Gonzalez Fonseca native Cuban landed on the shores of US some twenty-five years ago. Since then of course pianist, improviser and songwriter recorded dozens of jazz recordings to his credit. With his latest project, the multi-facet virtuoso embarks on an unequalled journey with enchanting lyricism in the spirit of innovation he unleashes the exhilarating “XXI Century.” On this outing, his compositions swells from the womb of his beloved Afro-Cuban heritage and merges these voicings within the body of ten sumptuous and ambitious songs to pay tribute to two piano icons Bill Evans and Lennie Tristanto gives me reason to believe this is probably his best recording to date.

Wadada Leo Smith’s civil rights opus “Ten Freedom Summers” out May 22 on Cuneiform

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Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers

Ttrumpeter/composer/visionary Wadada Leo Smith’s civil rights opus Ten Freedom Summers is coming soon. Smith considers this project “one of my life’s defining works.”

This 4-CD set of 19 pieces will be released May 22, 2012 on Cuneiform.

Recorded shortly after the music’s October 2011 world premiere in Los Angeles this project features one of Smith’s most significant working groups, The Golden Quintet with the composer on trumpet, pianist Anthony Davis, bassist John Lindberg, and drummers Susie Ibarra and Pheeroan akLaff, as well as the nine-member, Los Angeles-based contemporary classical group, Southwest Chamber Music, under the direction of Grammy-winning conductor Jeff von der Schmidt. It documents a stunning accomplishment by a musical giant in the midst of an astonishing creative surge.