All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
From the fruits of winning both a MacArthur ("genius grant") and Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008, alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon, expands his clear vision of modern jazz and Puerto Rican folk music in Esta Plena. With an incisive voice, his involvement with the {{SFJAZZ Collective = 13975}}, {{Guillermo Klein = 16847}}'s Y Los Gauchos and {{Charlie Haden = 7320}}'s Liberation Music...
Lerterland (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
The following review appears in the December 2009 issue of All About Jazz-New York . --- Miguel Zenón Esta Plena (Marsalis Music) By David R. Adler Like a nimble jet aircraft, Miguel Zenón’s Esta Plena leaps into flight from its very first notes. The album arrives not long after Awake , Zenón’s jazz quartet/string quartet outing of 2008,...
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... Live At The Village Vanguard [CamJazz] * Villa Palmeras Miguel Zenón, soloist Track from: Esta Plena [Marsalis Music] Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) * Quartet Live Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez [Concord Jazz] * Brother To Brother Clayton Brothers [ArtistShare]...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
... At The Village Vanguard [CamJazz] •Villa Palmeras Miguel Zenón, soloist Track from: Esta Plena [Marsalis Music] ============== Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group •Quartet Live Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez [Concord Jazz] •Brother To Brother Clayton Brothers [ArtistShare] •Five Peace Band — Live Chick Corea...
Lerterland (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York , November 2009: Gerald Clayton , Two-Shade (ArtistShare) Graham Dechter , Right On Time (Capri) Anne Drummond , Like Water (ObliqSound) Terell Stafford-Dick Oatts Quintet , Bridging the Gap (Planet Arts) Henry Threadgill’s ZOOID , This Brings Us To, Volume 1 (Pi Recordings) Miguel Zenón , Esta Plena...
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Miguel Zenón, Esta Plena (Marsalis Music). The alto saxophonist and composer illuminates and elevates la plena, the peoples' music of his native Puerto Rico. Zenón augments his quartet with percussionists playing pandero, seguidor and requinto drums to provide the music's...
