16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios, Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound) New Releases – Philip Booth (JazzTimes, Jazziz, Relix) New Releases – Andrew Gilbert (San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Classical Voice, Bay Area News Group) New Releases – Mark Holston (Jazziz, Latino) New Releases – Yoshi Kato (San Francisco … Read More
By Mark Sullivan, All About Jazz “Pianist, composer and arranger Alex Conde has a unique identity; he is a flamenco musician who combines flamenco with his jazz background. After the broad Latin fusion of Origins (Uprising/Ropeadope, 2018), Conde has returned to a focus on classic bebop. Like Descarga For Monk (Zoho Music, 2015), the pianist revisits a foundational bebop pianist. … Read More
by Troy Dostert, All About Jazz “Conde’s Latin-inflected formula is a winning one, and if he has other classic pianists in line for similar treatment, such efforts will be more than welcome.” Read the full review here.
Keith Brown African Ripples by George Cole Read it here. Alex Conde Descarga for Bud by Derek Ansell Read it here. Tim Hagans and the NDR Bigband A Conversation by Euan Dixon Read it here.
Reviews by Alex Henderson, Scott Yanow, Jim Motavalli Feature by Suzanne Lorge Several LLP artists were reviewed and featured in the most recent July 2021 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. Reviews of Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol‘s The Rise Up, Alex Conde‘s Descarga for Bud, Charnett Moffett‘s New Love, and the Generations Quartet‘s Invitation … Read More
By Ted Panken, Downbeat On Descarga For Bud (Sedajazz), pianist Alex Conde brilliantly extrapolates the complex beats and duende-suffused ambiance of flamenco music onto the sublime, turbulent compositions of Bud Powell, who transferred the linear innovations of Charlie Parker onto the piano. Read more here.
By Raul Da Gama, Latin Jazz Net Both dedicatory albums by Alex Conde – Descarga for Monk and now, Descarga for Bud – are ineffably compelling [as only the prodigious Mr Conde is capable of]. His performance of the repertoire – more specifically, his interpretation of some of the 20thcentury’s greatest music by two of … Read More
By Dee Dee McNeil, Musicalmemoirs’s Blog Marques Carroll is a Chicago-based trumpeter, a fluid composer and an astute bandleader. He has composed eight songs that celebrate the importance of recognizing your ancestral history, culture and family. Read more here.
By Jim Hynes, Making A Scene If you were to ask most casual jazz fans to name the most important pianist of the fifties, it would inevitably be Thelonious Monk. Yet although the jazz pianists may agree, they would also name the bebop giant Bud Powell as the major contender as he had a profound … Read More
Pianist Alex Conde Reimagines Bud Powell Through a Flamenco Lens on Descarga for Bud, New Album out May 28, 2021 via Sedajazz Descarga for Bud is the exhilarating new album from Spanish pianist and bandleader Alex Conde. A bold reimagining of compositions by one of jazz’s most enigmatic figures, Bud Powell, this illuminating 9-track set … Read More
