Album Review: Puertos: Music from International Waters from Emilio Solla
Album: Puertos: Music from International Waters
Artist: Emilio Solla
Label: Avantango Records
Website: http://emiliosolla.com
Creating a new port for audiences to dock is the goal of bandleader Emilio Solla. His latest project, conducting the 17-piece Tango Jazz Orchestra, accomplishes this feat with their new release Puertos: Music from International Waters from Avantango Records. Track after track, the musicians commence by traveling along different paths which then merge and then diverge again. This pattern mirrors the activity seen at city ports, where passengers from their mode of transportation will disembark together then go their separate ways. The Tango Jazz Orchestra follows this pattern throughout the recording, making for compositions that move like living organisms.
The new port that Solla creates for audiences combines elements of Latin Jazz with big band gusto and movie soundtrack finesse. The lively activity of the horns splashing, frolicking, and sizzling through "Sol LA, Al Sol" ebbs and flows intermittently, allowing for crests and lulls to form along the track, radiating a cheerful mood the entire length. The tempo slows to a casual stroll along "Llegara, Llegara, Llegara (to Montevideo)" as notes swirl and sparkle with a big band flare and orchestral elegance.
The plushness of the instrumentation in "Charafrik" paints a pleasing image in the listener's thoughts laden with comfort and joy. The intertwining instruments create complex formations that dazzle and entertain the imagination. Conversely, the softness in the instrumentation along "La Novena (to Buenos Aires)" wheedles gentle slopes rolling through the melodic progressions with Julien Labro's bandoneon producing a romantic atmosphere. The glittering notes of Solla's keys cascading along "Four for Miles (to New York)" interlaces with the soaring horns, changing to a bluesy vibe in "Andan Luces" twinkling with a graceful gait.
Solla's Tango Jazz Orchestra dazzles the listener's imagination with instruments that frolic, sizzle, and soar, creating swirling formations that intertwine and release. Moving like a living organism, the compositions take Latin jazz into big band terrain, always keeping the listener feeling good.
Musicians:
The Tango Jazz Orchestra
Alejandro Aviles (soprano, alto, piccolo, flute)
Todd Bashore (alto, flute, clarinet)
Tim Armacost (tenor, alto flute, clarinet)
John Ellis (tenor, soprano, clarinet, flute)
Terry Goss (baritone, bass clarinet)
Alex Norris (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Jim Seeley (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Brad Mason (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Jonathan Powell (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Noah Bless (trombone)
Mike Fahie (trombone)
Eric Miller (trombone)
James Rodgers (bass trombone)
Julien Labro (bandoneon, accordina)
Emilio Solla (piano, conductor)
Pablo Aslan (double-bass)
Ferenc Nemeth (drums)
Guest Percussionists
Samuel Torres (congas)
Arturo Prendez (percussion)
Franco Pinna (bombo legüero)
Special Guests
Arturo O’Farrill (piano)
Edmar Castañeda (harp)
Artist: Emilio Solla
Label: Avantango Records
Website: http://emiliosolla.com
Creating a new port for audiences to dock is the goal of bandleader Emilio Solla. His latest project, conducting the 17-piece Tango Jazz Orchestra, accomplishes this feat with their new release Puertos: Music from International Waters from Avantango Records. Track after track, the musicians commence by traveling along different paths which then merge and then diverge again. This pattern mirrors the activity seen at city ports, where passengers from their mode of transportation will disembark together then go their separate ways. The Tango Jazz Orchestra follows this pattern throughout the recording, making for compositions that move like living organisms.
The plushness of the instrumentation in "Charafrik" paints a pleasing image in the listener's thoughts laden with comfort and joy. The intertwining instruments create complex formations that dazzle and entertain the imagination. Conversely, the softness in the instrumentation along "La Novena (to Buenos Aires)" wheedles gentle slopes rolling through the melodic progressions with Julien Labro's bandoneon producing a romantic atmosphere. The glittering notes of Solla's keys cascading along "Four for Miles (to New York)" interlaces with the soaring horns, changing to a bluesy vibe in "Andan Luces" twinkling with a graceful gait.
Solla's Tango Jazz Orchestra dazzles the listener's imagination with instruments that frolic, sizzle, and soar, creating swirling formations that intertwine and release. Moving like a living organism, the compositions take Latin jazz into big band terrain, always keeping the listener feeling good.
Musicians:
The Tango Jazz Orchestra
Alejandro Aviles (soprano, alto, piccolo, flute)
Todd Bashore (alto, flute, clarinet)
Tim Armacost (tenor, alto flute, clarinet)
John Ellis (tenor, soprano, clarinet, flute)
Terry Goss (baritone, bass clarinet)
Alex Norris (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Jim Seeley (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Brad Mason (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Jonathan Powell (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Noah Bless (trombone)
Mike Fahie (trombone)
Eric Miller (trombone)
James Rodgers (bass trombone)
Julien Labro (bandoneon, accordina)
Emilio Solla (piano, conductor)
Pablo Aslan (double-bass)
Ferenc Nemeth (drums)
Guest Percussionists
Samuel Torres (congas)
Arturo Prendez (percussion)
Franco Pinna (bombo legüero)
Special Guests
Arturo O’Farrill (piano)
Edmar Castañeda (harp)
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