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04/30 Friday
7:00 PM PABLO ABLANEDO OCTETo
Altogether, the sound is definitely jazz but distinctively Argentinean
Fernando Brandao (flutes)
Phil Grenadier (trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Kelly Roberge (saxes and clarinet)
Eric Hofbauer (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Bertram Lehmann (drums)
"With his latest effort, Argentine pianist/composer Pablo Ablanedo pronounces a sense of joy. In the liners the artist emphasizes that this work "alludes to the happiness of creation." To that end, Ablanedo and his octet disseminate a set of emotive musings via a Spanishtinged luster combined with polychordal horn charts and more." (4 ½ stars) Glenn Astarita, Down Beat Magazine (US)
"Alegría has cemented Pablo Ablanedo’s reputation as an innovative and yet disciplined composer who promises even more noteworthy work in the future." Bill Donaldson, Cadence Magazine (US)
"The newest works by this Argentinean pianist and composer are as mature and sophisticate as any of the best modern Latin jazz." Bob Young, Boston Herald (US)
"It would be a mistake to pigeonhole the pianist/composer Pablo Ablanedo as a "Latin jazz artist”: the lush, complex weave of his writing for octet on the new Alegría (Fresh Sounds) has as much to do with Gil Evans as with the tangos of Ablanedo's fellow Argentine, Astor Piazzolla." Jon Garelick, Boston Phoenix (US)
"Pablo Ablanedo Octet is hot. However, to describe the octet in simple terms is to do the group a disservice, because their performances on From Down There are exiting, complex, intricate and fun."
Katie DeBonville, Northeastern Performer (US)
10:00 PM Brigham Hall
A recent addition to the Boston music scene, pianist Brigham Hall began his career as an artist-teacher for the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, regularly performing across disciplinary boundaries and genres that included classical, musical threatre, electronic, and jazz music. Hall returns to his acoustic roots to present a night of solo piano re-imagining rock tunes by Radiohead, Flaming Lips, Portishead and others. Following will be new music by his quartet, which features an impressive lineup of performers from the Dudley House Jazz Combo at Harvard University and the New England Conservatory.
michael heller - sax
maxwell behrens - drums
zwelakhe-duma bell le pere - upright bass
brigham hall - piano
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