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Part of the Bele Belle Jazz Club series, this collection of three Gonzalo Rubalcaba sessions from 1986 and 1987 finds the pianist in three different settings: electric septet, trio, and solo. The two electric septet session are great in so far as they showcase Rubalcaba's gloriously extended harmonic style with a group., but the electric bass and synths on these two cuts sound just awful. The trio accounts for one selection, and it is full of the fluid, high melodic style Rubalcaba is known for with a rhythm section. It is on the solo cuts where Rubalcaba's now-trademark rhythmic invention is showcased brilliantly; his use of space, and dynamic and harmonic invention, is singular here, playing the jazz tradition against the folk music of his native Cuba on eight selections. It is for these -- with their deep lyricism, and contrapuntal engagements -- that the album is worth the price. ~ Thom Jurek
Recorded in Havana in trio and solo. This CD features several recordings by this top artist. These sessions stand among his best Blue Note recordings mixing true Cuban music and pure New York jazz. A high quality disc that will astonish you from its emotional climaxes down to its well deserved respites. You will listen to it over and over again, discovering countless new things to enjoy with each repetition! Highly recommended with Horacio El Negro Hern ndez and Felipe Cabrera. Blue Note.
Liner Note Author: María Elena Mendiola.
Recording information: Areito Studios, Egrem (1986-1987); Palacio De Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba (1986-1987).
Translator: Eric Mills.
Personnel includes: Gonzalo Rubalcaba (piano); Felipe Cabreza (bass); Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez (drums).
Personnel: Gonzalo Rubalcaba (piano); Felipe Cabrera (electric bass); Horacio "El Negro" Hernández (drums); Roberto Vizcaíno (percussion).
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Straight Ahead Songs | 1. | Nueva Cubana, La |
| 2. | Pluma |
| 3. | Pergamin |
| 4. | Homo Blues |
| 5. | Four |
| 6. | Little Waltz |
| 7. | Delirio No. I |
| 8. | Mambo Influenciado |
| 9. | My Romance |
| 10. | Desencaje |
| 11. | My Funny Valentine |
| 12. | Delirio No. II |
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