Time: 64:53
Size: 148.6 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 2006
Art: Front
[4:08] 1. Che Che Querido
[5:32] 2. No More Eleven
[5:48] 3. Danza De Las Madres
[5:45] 4. Cronologia Del '900
[7:23] 5. Inmigracion
[7:07] 6. Carnavalito De Los Chicos
[6:51] 7. Barrio Jardin
[3:22] 8. Miss Mg
[4:50] 9. Mensajes
[6:02] 10. Wrong Way
[8:00] 11. Pa-Ritango
Ben Street (Bass); Edward Simon (Piano); Javier Girotto (Soprano & Baritone Sax); Jeff Ballard (Drums). Recorded in May 2004 at Sear Sound Studio.
A passionate, accomplished improviser, soprano and baritone, saxophonist Girotto leads Edward Simon (piano), Ben Street (bass) and Jeff Ballard (drums) on a programme of originals reflecting his Argentinean homeland. Venezuelan-born Simon is an ideal collaborator, since he also straddles the worlds of latin and jazz, while Street and the incandescent Ballard give the latin elements that hard New York drive and edge. Girotto's originals have a folkloric feel, the lines simple and repetitive, but they also offer plenty of harmonic meat to players of his and Simon's capabilities, and Ballard relishes their rhythmic nuances. All handle the occasional ventures outside the envelope with aplomb, with the saxophonist at home in this elite company regardless of where it takes him. ~Ray Comiskey
A passionate, accomplished improviser, soprano and baritone, saxophonist Girotto leads Edward Simon (piano), Ben Street (bass) and Jeff Ballard (drums) on a programme of originals reflecting his Argentinean homeland. Venezuelan-born Simon is an ideal collaborator, since he also straddles the worlds of latin and jazz, while Street and the incandescent Ballard give the latin elements that hard New York drive and edge. Girotto's originals have a folkloric feel, the lines simple and repetitive, but they also offer plenty of harmonic meat to players of his and Simon's capabilities, and Ballard relishes their rhythmic nuances. All handle the occasional ventures outside the envelope with aplomb, with the saxophonist at home in this elite company regardless of where it takes him. ~Ray Comiskey
New York Sessions