Discovery: Live at Montreux [Live]

Gonzalo Rubalcaba | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 26, 1991)
• Original Release Date: March 26, 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B000000W2W
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,910 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #38 in Music > Indie Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba
  • #57 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > Brazilian & Latin Jazz
  • #71 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > International Jazz

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Recording, October 15, 2000

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James J. Phillips (Tampa, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Discovery: Live at Montreux (Audio CD)

This disk explodes out of the gates and does not let up. Gonzolo shows respect for jazz while infusing it with his own Cuban touch. He has a powerful even muscular technique that works very well on these compositions. Some people may complain of too many notes but I really have to disagree. This is exciting music to listen to. He stretches out with some real flurries of notes and has fun with it. I love this disk!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Astonishing debut, April 3, 2003

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Jess Row (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Discovery: Live at Montreux (Audio CD)

Rubalcaba is an overwhelming talent, and this, one of his earliest CD's, is a blistering assault on the jazz piano tradition--especially witness "Well, You Needn't," and "All the Things You Are." His insistence on using every color on the palette at once makes for difficult listening at times, but the extra effort is worth it, because Rubalcaba is more than just another virtuoso: his playing combines the thoughtfulness of Keith Jarrett with the unrelenting attack of Cecil Taylor (if Taylor played tonal music, that is).

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Piano Tour de Force!, June 18, 2004

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Daryl Johnson (Harlem NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Discovery: Live at Montreux (Audio CD)

It's hard to believe that this CD was released in 1991, as I listen to it now (2004) it seems like I just brought it yesterday. Thats how you know that you have a brillant piece of music. Almost 14 years old and you can still find something fresh about this amazing performance. In my opinion it is one of the best piano performances of all time, and mind you this is a trio date with the great charlie haden and paul motian who are icons in the field of jazz, but Mr. Rubalacaba could have been playing with Ben&Jerry and you would still walk away shaking your head at his total command of the Piano. The cuban pianist(Rubalcaba, Valdes etc...) bring a fresh and exciting rhythmic concept to the piano that really exposes it as a percussion instrument. This is a must hear for any piano enthusiast, jazz or classical.