{"id":6122,"date":"2014-10-13T15:23:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T22:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=6122"},"modified":"2014-10-13T15:23:31","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T22:23:31","slug":"monday-recommendation-art-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2014\/10\/monday-recommendation-art-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Recommendation: Art Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Art Jackson: Underground Masterpiece<\/em>\"Underground<\/a><\/a> (Independent)<\/p>\n

The CD is in general release, and its title claim of masterpiece status could be
\nquestioned. Nonetheless, it is impressive music from contemporary Latin bands arranged and led by Jackson. From track to track, the groups range in size from a percussion-voice trio to a nine-piece ensemble. The musicians include some of the west coast\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most able Latin and studio musicians, among them drummer Alex Acu\u00c3\u00b1a, pianist John Beasley, tenor saxophonist Justo Almario and trumpeters Sal Cracchiolo and Bill Ortiz. The Brazilian singer K\u00c3\u00a1tia Moraes makes just one appearance, but she comes close to stealing the show with the intensity of her performance in Jo\u00c3\u00a3o Bosco and Aldir Blanc\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s modern classic \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Incompatibilidade.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos stands out in a kaleidoscopic arrangement of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Love For Sale that borrows from Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Another highlight: Horace Silver’s “Cape Verdean Blues.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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