Description
On Feb. 13, Melissa Aldana will release Filin, a stunning ballads album that presents a collection of songs drawn from Cubas filin music tradition performed by a remarkable quartet featuring pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, bassist Peter Washington, and
drummer Kush Abadey, as well as special guest vocalist Ccile McLorin Salvant. The third Blue Note album by the GRAMMY-nominated tenor saxophonist, Filin is introduced today with the gorgeous lead track La Sentencia.
The end product is, in a word, stunning. Its also unlike anything else in Aldanas catalog or in 21st-century jazz on the whole. Throughout these eight tracks, the ensemble enacts a kind of stirring and emotional minimalism a quiet intensity that places paramount importance on Aldanas radiant delivery of the melody. This music moves slowly, simmering forward with great deliberation and restraint, which is all the more impressive once you consider the runaway virtuosity these players are capable of.
Tracklist:
La Sentencia
Dime Si Eres T
No Te Empees Ms
Imgenes
Las Rosas No Hablan
Little Church
Ocaso
No Pidas Imposibles
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