Credits:

MARCELO GALTER

Description:

The long-awaited CD release of the unparalleled Afro-Brazilian x Jazz masterpiece by Brazilian Bahia pianist Marcelo Gartel! The long-awaited CD release of Marcelo Gartel's debut work, which was released on vinyl at the end of 2021 on Hocinanchi (Rocinante), a label that is becoming one of the leading labels in contemporary Brazil. Reciélés Reichi (1959-2021) was one of the leading masters of contemporary Brazilian music and made a significant contribution to Afro-Brazilian music. The Bahia-born pianist Marcelo Gartel played an active role in the quintet led by Lechieres as a close associate of Lechieres. In this, his debut album, he uses a traditional jazz piano trio as a base, but with two percussionists in place of a drummer. Backed by a colorful and close-knit ensemble, the piano is sometimes lyrical and sometimes abstract.Although it lacks the explosive festivity that one generally associates with Afro-Brazilian music, the microcosmic ensemble evoked by its mellow rhythms and the piano harmoniously blending influences from giants such as Thelonious Monk, Messiaen, and Dorival Caymmi, exudes a strong Afro-Brazilian quality. The liner notes were contributed by his mentor, Lechieres Reichi. In the beginning of the liner notes, he describes the album as "the realization of my dream of a totally original Afro-Brazilian piano," which shows how epoch-making this album was. This album, along with "Sankofa" (2021) by Amaro Freitas and "Moacir de Todos os Santos" (2022) by Lechieres Reichi & Orquestra Humphirez, may be said to represent the future of Afro-Brazilian jazz. *Includes Japanese translation of the liner notes by Lechieres Reichi.

Tracklisting:

Tracklisting:

Cobra coral
Galinha pulando
Capricorniana
Prece
Lourimbau
Temporal
Bacia do cobre