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Pianist Alfredo Rodriguez Makes Career Album, 'Tocororo,' Mack Avenue Records [REVIEW]

Pianist/composer Alfredo Rodriguez, 30, has outdone himself. His 2011 'Sounds of Space' debut was promising. His 2014 'The Invasion Parade' dissected his Cuban cultural influences into slivers of modernism. 'Tocororo' (Mack Avenue Records), though, beats all. In purposely collaborating with musicians from France, Lebanon, Cameroon, Spain and India, his new-found world-jazz reaches heights unimaginable for the 15-year old kid so taken with Keith Jarrett's 'The Koln Concert.'
By Mike Greenblatt

  • Classicalite's Countdown to Record Store Day 2016: Saturday, April 16

    Classicalites, Record Store Day 2016 is almost upon us. (Perhaps you saw the giant countdown clock--in days, hours, minutes and even seconds--there on our homepage?) And sure, while there are at least as many ways to listen to classical, jazz, theater or dance music as there are days on the calendar, itself, we just love the fact that there's at least one, specific day of said year where the physical, tactile album is still honored and appreciated...and then re-sold for four times its sleeve value on Discogs.
    By Classicalite Newsdesk

  • Joe Bonamassa Suffers 'Blues of Desperation' on New J&R Adventures Release [REVIEW]

    Singer/songwriter/guitarist Joe Bonamassa just keeps getting better. His second collaboration with Beth Hart, 'Seesaw,' was a real corker, as was his 2014 'Different Shades Of Blue.' On 'Blues of Desperation,' he shakes it up a lot, writing with the cream of the Nashville crop on 11 originals produced by Kevin Shirley.
    By Mike Greenblatt
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