Album Review: Live in California from Dan Costa
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 follow...