Wednesday 21 October 2009

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Antiguo (1998)

01.Opening
02.Circuito III
03.Ellioko
04.Desierto
05.Intermitencia
06.Coral Negro
07.Circuito IV
08.Oddi Lobbe
09.Eshun Agwe
10.Homenaje
11.Closing.

2 comments:

  1. Julio Barreto - Drums
    Felipe Cabrera - Bass
    Dagoberto González - Violin
    Maridalia Hernandez - Vocals
    Giovanni Hidalgo - Percussion
    Reynaldo Melian - Trumpet
    Lazaro Ros - Vocals
    Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Engineer, Editing, Mixing, Sequencing.

    by Scott Yanow
    Antiguo is different than most Gonzalo Rubalcaba records. The pianist spends a lot of time exploring synthesizers. Some of the music (particularly "Eshun Agwe") is memorable but at other times the results are merely haunting mood music. Rubalcaba and his longtime quartet (trumpeter Reynaldo Melian, bassist Felipe Cabrera, and drummer Julio Barreto) are joined in spots by the voices of Maridalia Hernandez and Lazaro Ros, percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo, and violinist Dagoberto Gonzalez. The influence of Chick Corea is strong in some of the selections as it is in the sound of Rubalcaba's synthesizers. Not essential but worth a few listens.

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