Album Review: Cambio from Neff Irizarry
Album: Cambio Artist: Neff Irizarry Label: Blue Canoe Records Website: https://neffirizarry.com An exploration of textures and rhythms, guitarist-composer Neff Irizarry features these two facets openly throughout his 2024 recording Cambio , making for soundscapes that mobilize the listener's mind and perception. Influences of classical and improvisational training are prevalent in Irizarry's delivery while he is accompanied by bassist Jimmy Haslip, vibraphonist Martin Fabricius, and percussionist Ricardo Padilla. Produced by Jimmy Haslip, Irizarry offers an assortment of original works that fuses world music with improvisational jazz and classic Latin rhythms. The recording jumps off with a celebratory mood, shaped by a flutter of animated shimmies filamenting "Adelante (Come Forward)," then change course through "Cuatro Minutos (Four Minutes)," laden in the lowlit sparkles of Fabricius's vibes. The rhythm section threaded by Haslip and Padilla ...