Pablo Hidalgo Jazz Quartet - Martes 13 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Trumpeter Diego Urcola has proven to be a player of incredible range and dexterity throughout his career, a large part of it playing alongside Paquito D'Rivera in the legendary saxophonist/clarinetist's various eclectic projects. On Urcola's new recording, El Duelo, the trumpeter recruits D'Rivera to join him in a very rare, and exposed, playing scenario, the piano-less quartet. // Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Urcola has been a part of the New York City jazz scene since the 1990s. His work with D'Rivera, Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos, Enrico Pieranunzi, and as a leader has been celebrated by many, even garnering him a Grammy nomination for his album, Soundances. // It was during a regular visit to Uruguay's Punta Del Este Jazz Festival that Urcola was asked to present a musical tribute to the revered Gerry Mulligan Quartet that featured Chet Baker. During the quartet's performance, Urcola invited D'Rivera to the stage, and the idea of recording in a piano-less quartet was cemented by the resounding performance. Album Tracks 1. El Duelo 2. Tango Azul 3. Una Muy Bonita 4. La Yumba / Caravan 5. Pekin 6. The Natural 7. Buenos Aires 8. Foxy Trot 9. I Know, Don't Know How 10. Libertango 11. Sacajawea (Theme) 12. Leyenda 13. Con Alma 14. Stablemates 15. Bye-Ya

2018 . Four forward thinking musicians came together to create Quartette Oblique, an ensemble which, as their name suggests, approaches the music from a skewed but engaging angle. Brought together by drummer Michael Stephans, the group features saxophone great Dave Liebman, pianist extraordinaire Marc Copland and the stalwart Drew Gress on bass. Their eponymously titled recording finds them at their most freewheeling in a live performance at the Deer Head Inn in Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania. For Quartette Oblique, Stephans reached out to three brilliant, improvising musicians who he knew would trust their instincts and play collective music in an open and exploratory way. Copland is a pianist who Stephans appreciated for decades and who made perfect sense for the ensemble. Having been a longtime fan of woodwind master Dave Liebman, Stephans first worked with Liebman in 2004 and their relationship has truly blossomed. Gress was a perfect pick on bass, as his personal touch and beautiful sound have buoyed Stephans 's drums in a number of rhythm sections in the recent past. Ythm sections in the recent past. Album Tracks 1. Nardis 2. Vertigo 3. You and the Night and the Music 4. In a Sentimental Mood 5. All Blues 6. Vesper 7. So What

Whit Dickey guides a formidable new quartet through deep waters on Root Perspectives. As he states, InchI get into music not just by playing but by accessing a vibration.Inch This work gets to the heart of what he means by that elliptical phrase. It is the latest recording from his TAO Forms tag, which since it's 2020 founding has released some of the freshest material in recent memory, including James Brandon Lewis' poll-winning Jesup Wagon, and Dickey's own highly inspired works, Expanding Light and Astral Long Form Staircase in Space. On Root Perspectives, his plan was to tap into the drum part of that mantra, and let the quartet rise from there. The sound and energy of a tenor-based quartet was a logical choice, and this presents the first encounter between Dickey and saxophonist Tony Malaby - who brought determined grit and fire to the session, along with Matthew Shipp - one of Dickey's closest associates, and the youngest of the group - agile and inventive bassist Brandon Lopez. Album Tracks 1. Supernova 2. Doomsday Equation 3. Swamp Petals 4. Starship Lotus