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Quarteto Nuevo
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Review of "El Musico"
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By: Scott Yanow
his is an intriguing set. Although there have been many types of "fusions"
of jazz with other types of music, only a relatively few projects have mixed
jazz with World Music from foreigh countries. The veteran group Oregon,
whose "folk jazz" often avoids blue notes, has unusual tone colors and very
original improvising, is the obvious ancestor of Quarteto Nuevo. The newer
quintet features Alan Lechusza on oboe, soprano and various flutes, Ken
Rosser on sitar and guitars, bassist Alfred Garcia and both Christopher
Garcia and Randy Gloss of percussion(North and South Indian, Middle Eastern,
Afro-Cuban etc.)
Quarteto Nuevo's music goes through quite a few different moods yet remains
gentle, subtle, melodic and often rhythmically complex Lechusza's reeds are
in the lead much of the time but the interplay between the members of the
rhythm section are well worth listening to closely. From the opening
"Invocation" to such songs as the Chick Corea/Stanley Clarke piece "Song to
John"(dedicated to John Coltrane), Aflfredo Garcia's "Harmonic Sketch #1 and
Paul Motian's "Story of Maryam" this CD almost seems like a suite, with one
number leading to the next.
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Scott Yanow / LA Jazz Scene
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