Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Avatar (Blue Note Records)

BLUE NOTE RECORDS ANNOUNCES THE FEBRUARY 5th RELEASE OF
GONZALO RUBALCABA~AVATAR

“Gonzalo Rubalcaba, a pianist of almost supernatural abilities, has a new band and new songs… a new-style New York rhythm section, as shrewd and skillful as they come… there are opaque ballads with modern European classical harmonies, tunes with 6/8 polyrhythm and 4/4 swing, and pieces with shifting tempos and melodies. This isn’t Latin jazz per se, it’s more recognizably modern mainstream New York jazz… [Rubalcaba] has a tendency to load the music with tension by playing complex passages quietly, using dark, dense harmony; the delicacy of his touch makes it seem as if he were pulling notes out of the piano rather than pushing them in.”
—BEN RATLIFF, THE NEW YORK TIMES
 
Gonzalo Rubalcaba – piano, keyboards
Michael Rodriguez – trumpet, flugelhorn
Yosvany Terry – saxophones
Matt Brewer – acoustic bass
Marcus Gilmore – drums
 
CHECK OUT THE DIGITAL PLAYER TO HEAR MUSIC AND LEARN MORE:
http://www.bluenote.com/gonzalo/index_grnon.html
 


FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Cem Kurosman at Blue Note Records –  [email protected]
Diana Nazareth at DL Media – [email protected]

A review to come shortly from the The Urban Music Scene!