The artist is always after a relentless pursuit to express their ideas, have a clear and achieve their own sound, which has the supreme merit be identified by it. This is achieved not only through study - crucial thing - but it also requires a lot of daily work and sustained, discipline, the inevitable share of talent, quality, and creativity needed to differentiate themselves. Moreover, the artist should release a series of inhibitions and prejudices which eventually may affect the ideas that the artist wants to express. In the case of music, all that is necessary if we want to transcend and make life the creations are enough to resist the unstoppable passage of time. All this kind of introduction serves as a framework for sharing a few lines on a really Interestingly titled "Uninhibited Realm" second album of Venezuelan pianist Carlos Cuevas . For this album, Carlos Cuevas us about 6 songs in a trio of jazz concert in three movements for piano trio and chamber orchestra, all composed and arranged by himself Cuevas, who shares the facets of a performer, composer and arranger in the entire disc.
The record leads us to the chart that Cuevas proposed since the beginning of the first bar, where a combination of taste, density and a high level of interpretation are the initial coordinates for undertaking this sound journey with all the fluidity required in work of this nature.
On the piano, Cuevas shows strength, suppleness and an excellent sense of rhythm, with a broad domain of the instrument without exaggerating, giving high doses of sensitivity and good taste to develop a coherent and concrete. In relation to the bass strings, John Patitucci, the undisputed figure of jazz worldwide, provides a variety of colors and textures, shapes expressed right from the bass or electric bass, always with the expertise to which we are accustomed. For his part, Jimmy Branly displays exquisite in execution of the battery, giving each subject a warm and gentle treatment.
"Uninhibited Realm" is an album that shows a musician full of honesty that maintains a constant search for new paths in music, with the expertise and the humility that characterizes those who will surely enjoy the significance of his work. A thrilling album that pleases the ear and keeps alive the spirit through a clear, concrete and uninhibited. Excellent by Carlos Cuevas. And to follow the music. Personal
Carlos Cuevas: Piano.
John Patitucci: bass, electric bass.
Jimmy Branly, drums and cajón.
Track List: 1 .- Saltaperico
2 .- Lennon / McCartney 3 .- The vicious
ABC-Ircle Drill
4 .- 5 .- 6 .-
Procemium Have you eaten?
Concerto for Jazz Trio & Chamber Orchestra in Eb minor
7 .- Movement I - Accuse
8 .- Movement II - Adagietto
9 .- Movement III - Abandonment