Oscar Perez Nuevo Comienzo
Pianist/Composer Oscar Perez Introduces the Latest Wave in Post-Latin Jazz
On New CD Afropean Affair Available October 11
“This is a musician that has his own voice. Both his compositions and his improvisations are evidence of this.” — Dan Miele, Jazz Improv Magazine
“The pianist’s writing and arranging is smart, tradition inspired Latin jazz with an emphasis on jazz chords and colours. It’s an addictive, sultry sound, rich with concise improvisations that always tell a wise tale and tell it well.” — Joseph Blake, The Times Colonist
The widespread outrage spawned by the Recording Academy’s decision to do away with the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album has obscured a far more interesting development. A new generation of musicians is busy erasing the old distinctions between straight ahead and Latin jazz, forging thrilling new group concepts by blending
Matt Slocum Trio
Chandra Records to Release: After The Storm
From Drummer/Composer Matt Slocum
Featuring Gerald Clayton & Massimo Biolcati
Available October 11, 2011
“An inveterate swinger with a brisk, highly interactive touch and a penchant for melodicism, drummer Matt Slocum is also a thoughtful composer who sets up his team like a savvy point guard running an offense.” -JazzTimes
“Some of the most exciting piano, bass and drum work you’ll hear since E.S.T.” -Jazz Journal UK
“The man has found his drumming voice, and at an early age!” -Peter Erskine
“Slocum is not just a tasteful polyrhythmic drummer, whose subtle use of brushes and mallets brings shading and colour to his playing and who swings whatever the tempo, but also a composer of considerable promise…Thoroughly recommended.” -Jazzwise
”One of his generation’s most highly regarded drummers … Matt Slocum is more than a rising star drummer–he is a composer of startling melodic sophistication.” -JazzPolice
“The trio’s communication is palpable—each player’s effervescence supporting and lifting each other and the music to higher grounds… Present day jazz is clearly not stagnate in the very good hands (and sticks) of Matt Slocum.” -All About Jazz
On After the Storm, award winning New York drummer and composer Matt Slocum fulfills upon the promise displayed on his critically acclaimed debut recording Portraits. Gerald Clayton (piano) and Massimo Biolcati (bass), longtime friends and musical collaborators, complete the trio in a set that showcases six new original compositions as well as “It’s Easy to Remember”, “Everything I Love”, and Slocum’s arrangement of Ravel’s “La Vallée des Cloches”.