The songs exude fantastically vibrant melodies and expressive Abendklänge associated move with the phosphorescent light of the Caribbean Sea. An almost chamber music together between former Ornette Coleman bassist Charlie Haden, the Cuban piano virtuoso Gonzalo Rubalcaba and the belonging to the band Ignacio Berrora (drums, percussion), sometimes supported by the two tenor saxophonists Joe Lovano and David Sánchez, guitarist Pat Metheny and Violinist Federico Britos Ruiz. Right woofer Haden has called his latest production "Nocturne", since it is actually going on here in consistently all songs to musical expressions of deepest psychological states: eleven compositions, two of Haden, one of Rubalcaba and eight more shots from the imagination of Cuban and Mexican musicians , The Bolero spread early 20th century. throughout the South American subcontinent. Especially on the Cuban sugar cane island formed this original ballad form from set pieces of blues, folk, country, bebop and free jazz, European classical music and Afro-South American rhythms. Man / woman imagine: if the evening sun spread to Cuba its last fiery-red rays of the island, then unfolds in the semi-dark music pubs in Old Havana, in the bars and on the verandas where nocturnal heat animates shrill and short-lived joy of life , a floating and indefinite life feeling, but also this: a romantic atmosphere full of happiness, interwoven with a painting more bearable melancholy. In the "Nocturno" -Stücken there is obviously no single moment loquacious Cuban Bolero does not require imposing portals His music occurs with the first clock, looks around, takes place -.. And you've got to tell his willful lyrical I started. It is this certain of Zartkeit and exotic-erotic refinement of life that suggests countless people in its spell until now have been able and Gonzalo Rubalcaba capture Charlie Haden with their congenial appearance unique on this CD. They succeed in almost breathtaking fashion to bring this own musical Bolero cosmos to sound: shimmering treasures full of warmth and spaciousness that a almost takes your breath away. The overall result is a thrilling from the first to last note musical event. Five Stars? - Ten are good enough! Viva Bolero! Viva Señores Haden & Rubalcaba!
