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On the heels of his 2018 Grammy-nominated album, “Heart of Brazil: The Music of Egberto Gismonte,” comes jazz clarinet icon Eddie Daniels’ new project paying tribute to the world-renowned Brazilian musician and composer Ivan Lins entitled “Night Kisses.” After Antonio Carlos Jobim, Lins is arguably the most successful Brazilian popular composer outside of Brazil. He was discovered in the 1980s by a host of American pop and jazz luminaries who seized upon the English versions of his songs reinterpreted by Sarah Vaughan, Patti Austen, Michael Buble, Sting and countless others. The new disc brings Daniels together with legendary jazz pianists Bob James and Dave Grusin, with new arrangements by James and Grusin along with Kuno Schmid and Josh Nelson.
Electric bassist and composer Fernando Huergo is no stranger to the modern day music scene, with eleven albums as a leader and over 140 as a sideman, including work with Danilo Perez, Dave Valentin, Dave Liebman, Hendrik Meurkens and many others. As one who artfully blends the grooves and melodic conception of Argentinean music with modern jazz, Fernando has played in ensembles of virtually every size, but as a leader, he had exclusively worked in small groups. “The Possibility of Change” showcases his artistry on a large canvas, as he transforms his comfort zone as a bandleader from quintet to big band.
Also this week, vocalist Kenny Washington offers up impressive renditions of standards from the Great American Songbook on his first studio album, “What’s the Hurry”;
The Horizons Jazz Orchestra, comprised of some of South Florida’s finest musicians, plays the music of Lee Harris on its debut release, “The Brite Side”;
and Polish-born Toronto-based pianist and composer Bartosz Hadala unveils his fourth disc as a leader, “Three Short Stories.”