| Rubalcaba, Gonzalo / Avatar |
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| Album: | Avatar | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Rubalcaba, Gonzalo | Added: | 02/2008 | |
| Label: | Blue Note | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-03-02 | Pull Date: | 2008-05-04 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 4 May | 27 Apr | 20 Apr | 13 Apr | 6 Apr | 30 Mar | 23 Mar | 16 Mar |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 02, 2012: | Jazz Iz and Den Some Hip Side | 4. | Nov 13, 2009: | The Songsmith Show Hip Side | |
| 2. | Jun 24, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum Hip Side | 5. | Oct 23, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum Hip Side | |
| 3. | May 14, 2010: | No Cover, No Minimum This Is It | 6. | May 02, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum: Peace Peace |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2008-03-01 | ||
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GONZALO RUBALCABA: Avatar Blue Note, 2008 MODERN JAZZ – This is a strong set of very modern-sounding postbop jazz, with plenty of melodic and rhythmic complexity creating an edgy feel, particularly in 3 tracks written by sax man Yosvany Terry (1,2,5). Matt Brewer & Marcus Gilmore are just awesome in the rhythm section, while Rubalcaba and the horn players sound totally confident as they spin out dense, dazzling solos. Great stuff. Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 5, 6 1. 9:43 – delicate intro, then heavy stride with some twisty lines 2. 12:32 – steady uptempo, aggressively tricky rhythm: cool solos all around 3. 13:07 – moody: quiet solo intro, then a thick midtempo ballad 4. 4:09 – calm Horace Silver ballad, relaxed and pretty, nice bass & piano 5. 8:34 – uptempo, rolling urban sound, brainy piano, great horn dialogue 6. 7:07 – intricate melodic motif gets bounced around, reflected, chopped up 7. 10:07 – modern classical piece: careful stepping-stone sound, calm solos [ Fo ] 1-Mar-08 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Looking In Retrospective | 4. | Peace | |||
| 2. | This Is It | 5. | Hip Side | |||
| 3. | Aspiring To Normalcy | 6. | Infantil | |||
| 7. | Preludio Corto No. 2 For Piano | |||||