Ron Carter brings a duo with Bill Frisell, The New Jazz Trio, Foursight Quartet and the Great Big Band for his annual residency at Birdland NEA Jazz Master and bass virtuoso Ron Carter returns to Birdland Jazz Club, the Jazz Corner of the World, this October for his popular annual residency. This month-long residency will … Read More
The Return of Ron-tober: Legendary Bassist Ron Carter is Back at Birdland Jazz Club All Month Long Ron Carter brings The New Jazz Trio, Foursight Quartet, Great Big Band, and Duo with Bill Charlap to Birdland for his annual October residency NEA Jazz Master and bass virtuoso Ron Carter returns to Birdland Jazz Club, the … Read More
Por Jorge Soto, El Universal (MEX) Esta producción surge de un viejo anhelo del pianista cubano Rubalcaba de reunirse con los mentores de su juventud. Es su primer álbum de una trilogía digital. Para leer más presione aquí.
By Steve Feeney, ArtsFuse Havana-born Gonzalo Rubalcaba, 58, has teamed up with esteemed jazz veterans Ron Carter, 84, and Jack DeJohnette, 79, for a release that exhibits a refined ease of expression. That said, Skyline doesn’t fully deliver on the high expectations promised by the personnel. But, leaving that consideration aside, the recording has more … Read More
By Kevin Whitehead, NPR The Cuban piano whiz teams up with American jazz greats Jack DeJohnette and Ron Carter on a new album. Skyline is three masters enjoying each other’s company, with us listeners as lucky eavesdroppers. Read more here.
By Stephen Smoliar, The Rehearsal Studio The latest album from 5Passion Records featuring jazz pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba had been scheduled for release about half a month ago. Unfortunately, the initial release source was through an Apple site that only supported streaming. Only recently did the new album, entitled Skyline, find its way to Amazon.com; and, … Read More
By Dee Dee McNeil, Musicalmemoires’s Blog As soon as I saw these three iconic names, meshed together as a trio, I was intrigued. What will you hear when you put Grammy Award-winning, Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba into the studio with NEA Jazz Masters Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette? Something wonderful was about to happen; I … Read More
By Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail On his newest trio album, Cuban-born piano maverick Gonzalo Rubalcaba reunites with the mentors of his youth, the bassist Ron Carter and the drummer Jack DeJohnette. The former associated himself to the pianist’s musical cause on the album Diz… (Somethin’ Else, 1994), while the latter appeared on Images (Somethin’ Else, … Read More
By Morton Shlatbotnik, Shepherd Express Like several other respected musicians, pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba emigrated from Cuba to the U.S. seeking opportunities. He won a Grammy after his arrival. For his new album of Afro-Cuban accented jazz, Rubalcaba sought two of his heroes. The rhythm section of bassist Ron Carter and drummer Jack DeJohnette prove to … Read More
By Tom Henry, Toledo Blade Due out this Friday, this amazing album features Grammy-winning pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba and National Endowment for the Arts jazz masters Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette on bass and drums, respectively. Carter received the NEA jazz master honor in 1998 and DeJohnette followed in 2012. Read more here.
