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Los Guachos III

by Guillermo Klein

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Coco 02:58
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Fugue X 01:45
4.
Broken Web 03:06
5.
Canon 06:45
6.
Espejo 07:11
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El Tiempo 02:54
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Tetris 01:41
9.
Chucaro 06:06
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Bakery 02:50
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Stella, 01:48
12.
Web 03:54
13.
No Se 03:38
14.
La Ultima 01:19
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Brazadas 05:22
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CD 1 :

1 - Coco
2 - Con Brasil Adentro
3 - Fugue X
4 - Broken Web
5 - La Futura Part 4
6 - Hermanos Latinos
7 - El Tiempo
8 - Tetris
9 - Chucaro
10 - Bakery
11 - Stella,
12 - Web
13 - No Se
14 - La Ultima

CD 2 :

1 - Brazadas
2 - La Futura Part I
3 - La Futura Part Ii
4 - La Futura Part Iii
5 - La Futura Part Iv
6 - Hermanos Latinos

CD Quality - 16 bit / 44.1 khz

Reviews:

PBS - Guillermo Klein review by Michelle Mercier

This recording, Los Guachos III, a 20-track, two-CD release from Sunnyside, picks up where the previous CD left off. It also heralds the evolutionary and evolving compositional and arranging genius of a musician who is destined to leave his mark on 21st century music. It contains a number ensemble configurations featuring the cream of the crop of young musicians throughout the Americas, including Argentine trumpeter Diego Urcola, Puerto Rican alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon, Brazilian vocalist Luciana Souza, American guitarist Ben Monder and drummers Marlon Browder and Jeff Ballard. The name “Los Guachos” roughly translates as “the homeboys’ and many of these artists performed on Klein’s previous project.

On this CD, Klein has created a sound-world that effortlessly crosses the stylistic boundaries of jazz, Latin and classical music and has developed his own distinctive sonic signature that is bi-directional towards the past and the future.” Save for Nant’s "Chucaro," Ballard’s kalimba echoed “Bakery” and the festive ‘Hermanos Latinos” by the legendary Brazilian composer Hermento Pascoal, all of the tracks are composed by Klein. “I think this project has a dryer sound than Los Guachos II,” Klein says. “On this recording there’s a lot of counterpoint and textures.” While Coco” is an solo piano workout motored by a fast milonga-motored tempo, that counterpoint is tinged by the Cuban clave on the intricately constructed "Fugue X," “Tetris” and the flamenco flavored “La Ultima.” “All of the above are based J.S. Bach’s ‘Well-Tempered Clavier, Fugue #10, in E Minor,” Klein notes. The clave also shows up on the soulful syncopations of “Web” and “Broken Web.” “Canon” and “Espejo,” which means “mirror,” feature the Ornette Coleman-like use of two rhythm sections, while “Stella” employs a Bachian a contrapuntal four-voice arrangement. “It’s like when you see a plane in the sky, you sense its movement and at the same time you see the white smoke behind that is like an aura, which still resonates,” Klein explains.

The compositional tour-de-force of the recording is on the four-part suite “La Futura” on the second CD. It’s an evocative Coltranish tone poem that recalls the solitary plains of the Argentine pampa and the avant-garde expressions of the late ‘60s. ‘We went into the studio, and I told the players to play the most humble, sweet, aggressive and harmonious music were all is one and the individual spreads energy to the group,” Klein fondly recalls.

Klein’s all-embracing musical outlook was forged in his hometown of Buenos Aires. He moved to Boston in 1990 to study at Berklee College of Music. After graduation he moved to New York in 1993 and worked as a sideman with the United Nation Orchestra led by Paquito D’Rivera. He formed an his pioneering 17-piece big band, which was an fixture on Sunday nights at Greenwich Village club Smalls for the next two years. Klein’s big band was later featured at The Jazz Standard on Monday nights for a few months and he recorded his first CD, El Minotauro on the Candid label in 1997. Klein’s ten-piece ensemble, Los Guachos made their recording debut two years later on Sunnyside.

For Guillermo Klein, Los Guachos III is the next chapter in the exciting musical autobiography of a very talented and important artist.
Eugene Holley

credits

released August 2, 2002

Guillermo Klein - piano solo, guitar, voice, keyboards
Diego Urcola - trumpet, fluegelhorn
Taylor Haskins - trumpet, fluegelhorn
Chris Cheek - tenor sax, soprano sax
Bill McHenry - tenor sax
Miguel Zenon - alto sax, flute
Sandro Tomassi - trombone
Ben Monder - electric guitar
Fernando Huergo - electric bass
Jeff Ballard - drums, percussion
Marlon Browden - drums
Luciana Souza - voice
Matt Pavolka - double bass
Adrian Buono - guitar
Roman Giudice - guitar & percussion
Pablo Salzman - electric bass
Richard Nant - percussion

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