Rubalcaba, Gonzalo / Avatar
| Album: | Avatar | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Rubalcaba, Gonzalo | Added: | Feb 2008 | |
| Label: | Blue Note | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2008-03-02 | Pull Date: | 2008-05-04 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 4 | Apr 27 | Apr 20 | Apr 13 | Apr 6 | Mar 30 | Mar 23 | Mar 16 |
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| 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 |
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| 2. | Jun 24, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Hip Side |
5. | Oct 23, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum
Hip Side |
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| 3. | May 14, 2010: | No Cover, No Minimum
This Is It |
6. | May 02, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum: Peace
Peace |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2008-03-01
Reviewed 2008-03-01
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
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
| 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 | |||||