In a Minute

Jorge Pardo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 19, 1998)
• Original Release Date: April 21, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Milestone
• ASIN: B000006NQ5
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #575,807 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. En un Instante

2. Huellas de Jack

3. Planeta-Picasso

4. Abalorios y Avatares

5. San Juan

6. Mezzaluna

7. Ruta Maya

8. El Espejismo

9. Soledades

10. Un Monumento

11. Post Colombiana

12. Pastorius de Belén

13. Mapas y Cartas

14. Gracias, Lou!

15. ¿Pide Acaso la Luna del Desierto Recompensa Por la Luz Que le Da?

16. Plata, Ébano Turmalina y Ópalo

17. El Jardin de Las Caricias

18. Via Bombay

19. Tejas del Albaycín

20. Anclajes, Ciclajes y Reciclajes

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A unique sound signature . . ., January 28, 2004

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Jan P. Dennis "Longboard jazzer" (Monument, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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. . . and a very attractive one, at that.

Billed as Nuevo Flamenco, it's really what I call Nu Latin Jazz. The artists at the forefront of the music--Miguel Zenon, William Cepeda, Guillermo Klein, Tino Derado, Gilson Schachnik, Danilo Perez, Ed Simon, and others--are taking Latin music to places it's never been before.

Jorge Pardo, a Spaniard, is ostensibly a flamenco artist. But he plays a variety of windwood instruments--flutes, tenor, and soprano sax--that are certainly not within the purview of normal flamenco music. And there're other anomalous instruments as well, including electric bass and synthesizer. When I first heard what he was doing a decade ago on Las Cigarras Son Quiza Sordas, I was unsure about whether or not it worked. I've since concluded he was simply ahead of his time, and he has now perfected his approach with this remarkable disc.

Using a suite-like approach, where tunes fade out then segue into similar-sounding numbers, he has created a very listenable and even beguiling sound palette. What you get is the edgy energy of flamenco beats--handclaps, tap-dancing, swirling acoustic guitars--overlain with authentic jazz improv and sensibilities. The result strikes me as a genuinely new synthesis--mesmeric, hypnotic, and very attractive.

Certainly worth a listen for anyone interested in the latest developments in Latin jazz.