Release Date: 12 January 2024
Label: Red Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 027312330328
Genres: Jazz  
Release Date: 12 January 2024
Label: Red Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 027312330328
Genres: Jazz  
Description
For this, his third album on Red Records, Argentinean guitarist Pablo Bobrowicky relocated to New York City, recruiting the increasingly ubiquitous pianist Edward Simon and bassist Eric Revis, along with drummer Bruce Cox. The resulting set demonstrates Bobrowicky's supple tone and tastefully executed conceptions. New York Connection is a fine album of contemporary mainstream music with plenty of appeal.
In a recent interview pianist Marc Copland described guitarist John Abercrombie as "a direct descendant of Jim Hall's approach to guitar -- he thinks about what he's going to play before he plays it, what kind of chord he'll play and how it'll sound." The same description could easily be applied to Pablo Bobrowicky, an economical player whose every note seems carefully considered and judiciously placed. New York Connection doesn't break any new ground, but it sits comfortably in the mainstream, elevated more by the quality of the players than by the material itself.
While Bobrowicky's obvious Latin roots are in evidence on some of the compositions - most notably on the tracks "Y Todavia la Quiero" (Joe Hendersonand his own Afro-Cuban "Some Changes, he has managed to transcend his roots. Latin music genres are clearly a part of who he is, but they don't dominate. He's just as comfortable with the soul jazz of "Suns" as he is with the more urban feel of "NY Connection". (Adaption of All About Jazz review by John Kelman, 2005)
Tracklisting
Art Pepper
Johnny Dyani
Joe Henderson
Nexus
Woody Shaw Quintet
Victor Lewis Quintet
Ronnie Mathews
Fred Hersch, Steve La Spina, Jeff Hirshfield & Jerry Bergonzi
Tuohi Klang
Skerik, Brian Haas, James Singleton, Simon Lott
Heikki Sarmanto
Max Roach
Gil Evans
Henry Mancini
Ray Barretto
Miles Davis Quintet