Album Review: Live in California from Dan Costa

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Album:  Live in California
Artist:  Dan Costa
Label:  Self-Released
Website:  https://www.dancosta.net

Live in California, the new recording from pianist/composer Dan Costa is performed live at Kuumbwa Jazz in California on February 29, 2020.  A collection of original compositions by Costa are mingled with jazz standards from Brazilian composers including Antonio Carlos Jobim, Roberto Menescal, and Ivan Guimarães Lins.  An evening with Costa puts listeners in an uplifting mood.

Costa's piano keys move in a poetic fashion, flickering with charming nimbleness in "Baião" and elegant brushstrokes across "Tempos Sentidos." His treatment of Lins's ballad "Love Dance" demonstrates the graceful pose in his swagger.  Skillfully, he threads dynamic turns along the phrasing of "Maracatu," and infuses classic jazz piano verbalization across Jobim's masterpiece "Garota de Ipanema."

Live in California is Costa's third release following his debut CD Suite Três Rios in 2016, and his sophomore recording Skyness in 2018.  His tour took him to countries such as Italy, Malta, Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Brazil, Armenia, Cyprus, Portugal, Spain, Lebanon and India.  His compositional style communicates a relaxed disposition that allows the music to flow comfortably as he caresses the listener's senses.

Musicians:
Dan Costa - piano

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