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This is Gonzalo Rubalcaba's debut release.
Personnel: Gonzalo Rubalcaba (piano, keyboards); Lazaro Cruz (trumpet, flugelhorn); Reinaldo Melian (trumpet); Rafael Carrasco (flute, tenor saxophone); Felipe Cabrera (bass); Horacio Hernandez (drums); Robert Vizcaino (percussion).
Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg in July 1987.
Featured on this CD is Gonzalo Rubalcaba's Grupo Projecto, a Cuban septet with trumpeter Reinaldo Meliani, Rafael Carrasco on tenor and flute, trumpeter Lazaro Cruz, bassist Felipe Cabbera, drummer Horacio Hernandez, and percussionist Roberto Vizcaino. Rubalcaba pays tribute to the music of his father's era, in the style that was popular in Cuba in the 1950s. Five of the six selections are by the artist, but he often quotes extensively from the music of the time period, plus, on "Recordando a Tschaikowsky," classical themes. The colorful arrangements, three skillful horns, and Rubalcaba's creative playing make this a particularly delightful release. ~ Scott Yanow
A pianist of virtuosic technique and high visibility (he is a fixture at major jazz festivals and recorded for Blue Note throughout the 1990s), Gonzalo Rubalcaba mixes traditional Latin styles, modern jazz, and classical flourishes to achieve a sound that is dazzling, unique, and frequently danceable. MI GRAN PASION, originally released in 1987 and re-issued in 2004, draws heavily on the danzon--a traditional Cuban dance, popular in the '50s, that fuses Cuba's folk melodies with European harmonic structure and African polyrhythms.
For a record of "traditional" music, MI GRAN PASION is remarkably eclectic. Quick as a blink, Rubalcaba can shift gears from delicate lyricism a la Bill Evans to majestic, Beethoven-esque rumbles and chordings to funky, deep Latin grooves, peeling off dense, fluidly improvised solos all the while. Aided by a crack band of horns (which replace the traditional role of violins in the danzon) and rhythm players (the bassist and percussionists here add as much orchestral color as groove), Rubalcaba resurrects the danzon with a postmodern twist on this excellent, one-of-a-kind recording. Gonzalo Rubalcaba Mi Gran Pasion Songs | 1. | Cuatro Veinte |
| 2. | Principe Nino |
| 3. | Preludio Proyecto |
| 4. | Concierto en Varsovia |
| 5. | Mi Gran Pasion |
| 6. | Recordando a Tschaikovsky |
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