Between Brothers

Agraz, Raul/ Between Brothers
Label: OA2 Records

Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-09-25

Tom McCarter
Agraz, Raul
Between Brothers
Genre: Jazz
Talented Venezuelan trumpeter plays a wide range of styles with a hot group of young musicians and some veteran guests
FCCs: none
If You Like: Arturo Sandoval, Roy Hargrove, Paquito D’Riviera
Favorite Tracks: (1) Obsesion (2) Between Brothers (6) On A Sentimental Day (9) Beautiful Diana
Track Review: 1/ percussion starts> fast tempo jam> trumpet solo> fast tempo jam> crescendo end 2/ percussion start> midtempo jam> vibes solo> Jam> oboe solo> flute solo> several short solos> percussion stop 3/ percussion start> uptempo jam 4/ trumpet start> slow tempo with strings
5/ trumpet/bass start> bass solo> guitar solo> uptempo jam 6/ flute starts slow> trumpet solo with strings 7/ percussion/piano start> uptempo jam> piano solo> trumpet solo> uptempo jam
8/ trumpet start> uptempo jam> sudden stop
9/ trumpet start> midtempo rhumba jam> piano solo> trumpet solo> uptempo jam> crescendo stop 10/ trumpet starts> slow jam and fades