The finest recordings of these works available! The Brazilian composer (we needn't remind his most ardent supporters that he's the most significant Latin American composer of all time) behind numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works lets his creative genius show on Choros (from the Portuguese verb chorar , "to weep") Nos. 1-12 and Bachianas Brasileiras ("Brazilian Bach-pieces") Nos. 1-9. Also includes a bonus disc of solo guitar music played by the distinguished Anders Miolin. Great notes in the booklet, too…highly recommended! - Gramophone Magazine
Quelque part entre Esperanza Spalding et Camille, Archibald nous invite à un voyage musical. Issu de la nouvelle scène jazz française, Archibald est un jeune groupe constitué autour de Roxane Terramorsi au chant et Nicolas Gardel à la guitare. Entourés de jeunes musiciens talentueux (piano, contrebasse, batterie), ils proposent un jazz qui se joue des styles et des frontières, porté par la belle voix mature d'une chanteuse voyageuse et polyglotte. Entre grooves délicats et bossa nova lumineuse, chantées en français, anglais ou portugais, les compositions d'Archibald entremêlent les genres et les influences, allant d'Esperanza Spalding à Camille, en passant par Emiliana Torrini et Mayra Andrade.
It might strike as a paradox, but sometimes the brilliance of certain inventions can be measured by how obvious, how commonplace they seem. The music of Venezuelan pianist Silvano Monasterios is so easy-on-the-ear, so elegantly structured, and has such a casual, lived-in feel that it takes a bit to catch on to how sophisticated his work truly is. It's only after awhile that one notices the harmonic turns, the storytelling soloing, or his rhythmic vocabulary, especially his discreet use of traditional Venezuelan styles. Partly Sunny is Monasterios' second album for Savant, and his choices suggest that he feels no need to accommodate any conventional expectations about how Latin jazz should sound.
Almost three decades have passed since the "Prince of Cool" of jazz in Amsterdam was fatal. And still, is not quite clear, as the former band member of Charlie Parker - before the fictional choice posed - probably would have most likely defined itself: as a singer or as a trumpeter? The makers of the French Chet Baker homage album "Autour De Chet", from neo-chansonian Benjamin Biolay to this year's ECHO jazz winner José James, have now found the best of all possible answers: Baker was both , and much more.