Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Solos: The Jazz Sessions:
Gorgeous and sensitive, this edition of Solos: The Jazz Sessions might seem a bit disingenuous, even antithetical to many notions of jazz, simply due to the effortless, slick way in which it's put together. Though seemingly conflicted in part for a document of jazz, this disk in the end serves up a truly tasty assortment, almost a full hour of fantastic music and sumptuous visuals. I suppose it's up to you, after reading this, to decide if you want your jazz delivered to the table in such fashion.

As told in a short series of brief interview clips dispersed throughout the music, Rubalcaba's passion for, and lifetime love of music is evident. The Cuban-born musician clearly has an affinity for those 'little black dots' we call sheet-music, as demonstrated with this handful of wide-ranging compositions. Sitting in a gothic cathedral transf...Read the entire review