![]() ![]() Compositions are all different, quite memorable, and DeJohnette and Patitucci are both in a great form too. ![]() ![]() Rubalcaba demonstrates here his best playing - emotive, tuneful, very technical, with classical touch, but never formal and very lively. There are two trio member's originals on this album - Patitucci's ballade "Peace And Quiet Time", and DeJohnette's "Ebony", plus two more of Rubalcaba's own songs - "Joao" and the closer "Mima". ![]() The trio switches toward jazz roots on "Autumn Leaves", where Rubalcaba's classical training feels more obvious, and the composition sounds really great. Lennon's "Imagine", bright lyrical ballade, sounds surprisingly fresh. The album's opener, "No Name", is a six minute long Rubalcaba original, a fast tuneful fusion piece that Hiromi would be proud of. They are a highest class small band, with whom Rubalcaba shows his excellent level of musicianship as lead and as collaborator. His trio at this festival, where they recorded "Images", is an all-acoustic trio with drummer Jack DeJohnette and bassist John Patitucci. In 1991 he moved from Cuba to the Dominican Republic, that same year he participated in one of the largest jazz festivals in Japan, Mt. Classically trained Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba toured Europe during the early 80s, and played at Montreux with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian in 1990. ![]()
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