Alexis Marcelo Solo Piano New CD Presale

Alexis Marcelo Solo Piano New CD

***** This is a preorder for a new release CD that is not yet released. The release date for this item is 06-02-26. This item will be shipped from our Melbourne Warehouse within 5 days of the release date *****

Please note image may vary

Intakt Records is thrilled to release this first collaboration with pianist Alexis Marcelo - a mesmerizing solo debut! A contagious exuberance of playing, energetic explosive improvisations, and an openness to jazz tradition and experimentation combine on this album to create an impressive musical statement. "Almost everything he plays affirms his history and culture as a first-generation American, the son of a Panamanian mother and a Dominican father. Growing up in the Bronx and in Queens during hip hop's first years - the first jazz he heard were samples - hearing salsa and merengue at home, attending Latino evangelical churches, and - yes - studying classical music at the Harlem School of the Arts shaped Marcelo's identification as an African Latino with an inclusive sensibility(...)Once artists establish a strong identity, they can draw outside the lines, smudge them, even erase them, without diluting or diminishing that identity. That is what Alexis Marcelo has done with Solo Piano", writes Bill Shoemaker in the liner notes.

1 Boogieminish Bop 2 Break Bread 3 Have Mercy 4 A Saca Camote 5 1010 Wins 6 Chroma 7 Dance Around the Sun 8 Drifting 9 Amargado 10 Eronel