Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Avatar

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  • Label: BlueNote , 2008
  • Order number: 4619426
  • Release date: 8.2.2008
  1. 1 Looking in retrospective Start
  2. 2 This is it Start
  3. 3 Aspiring to normalcy Start
  4. 4 Peace Start
  5. 5 Hip side Start
  6. 6 Infantil (dedicated to John McLaughlin) Start
  7. 7 Preludio Corto No. 2 for Piano (Tu amor era falso) Start

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For his 13th Blue Note Records album, Avatar, Gonzalo Rubalcaba again asserts his renown as a pianist with, according to the All Music Guide, “unlimited potential.” In many ways, the album is a departure for Rubalcaba who assembled a quintet of young New York-based musicians - saxophonist Yosvany Terry, trumpet / flugelhorn player Mike Rodriguez, bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Marcus Gilmore - who had never performed together before, took them on the road for three weeks and then settled into the studio to capture the improvisational alchemy of what was by then a truly simpatico group. The result is a fresh, invigorating, lyrical gem of an album, featuring seven tunes that teem with intricate instrumental dialogues.

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“Mr. Rubalcaba's improvised single-note lines, with lots of built-in space, are like commands from a great height.” - The New York Times

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