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2024-03-01 07:33:00
Dancing with Piazzolla: Welcome to the sophisticated world of the London Tango Quintet
Dancing with Piazzolla: Astor Piazzolla, Agustín Bardi, Pintín Castellanos, David Gordon, Horacio Salgán, Juan de Dios Filiberto, Enrique Delfino, Feliciano Brunelli, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez; London Tango Quintet; AWAL27 February 2024High musical values, a love of the genre and a sense of engagement that draws you in, welcome to the sophisticated world of the London Tango QuintetFounded by violinist David Juritz in 2007, the London Tango Quintet brings together David Juritz - violin, Craig Ogden – guitar, Miloš Milivojević - accordion, David Gordon - piano and Richard Pryce – double bass, a striking line-up of musicians with backgrounds stretching from jazz to classical and beyond, linked by their love of tango. Dancing with Piazzolla is the ensemble's debut disc and features six tracks by Piazzolla alongside other tango classics and new pieces by the ensemble's keyboard player.What strikes you on first listen to the disc is the high level of musicianship and the […]
2021-11-29 20:41:56
One of the most rapturous, magical albums of 2021 is guitarist André Matos‘ solo acoustic record Estelar, streaming at Bandcamp. He recorded the collection of “comprovisational” nocturnes alone this past May in a Brooklyn apartment, using a cheap practice model from the 1960s. Among jazz guitarists, Matos is one of the kings of melody (Bill […]
2021-06-26 23:41:00
Tania León (Credit CUNY) The Ticker Rachel Dalloo June 25, 2021 Tania León, a composer, conductor and recognized music professor at Brooklyn College, was honored with the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in music for her musical composition “Stride.” “Tania León has made it her life’s work to create and encourage profound, striking music that, significantly, places diversity at center stage,” CUNY Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez said in a statement. “Our heartfelt congratulations to Professor León, whose dedication to what she calls ‘the canvas of sounds in the Americas’ was vividly captured in her Pulitzer-winning piece, commissioned in celebration of women’s voting rights, as it incorporates Black music traditions from the United States and the Caribbean.” León’s award-winning piece was part of the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center’s Project. It was showcased to “mark the 100th anniversary […]
2021-06-02 18:28:13
Pensively Intriguing Improvisations With Guitarist Andre Matos’ and His Vast Vault of Online Collaborations
We’re still digging out from the glut of recordings made over the web since the lockdown, and one of the most intriguing is a series of projects by guitarist Andre Matos. Aptly titled On the Shortness of Life – a quote from the Roman philosopher Seneca – it’s a series of pensive, sometimes atmospheric, mostly […]
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