Buenos Aires, Argentina has long supported creative impulses, including music from classical to tango to free improvisation. Three releases—two recent, the third a sampler of the previous eight years—show several directions these impulses have taken (Happy Día de la Independencia—Jul. 9th). Trumpeter Sebastián Greschuk’s Paisaje swims in the mainstream tradition of postbop, adapting its vocabulary and mannerisms with a certain personal flair. The music on this evenly paced set is both relaxed and urgent, the melodies drawn from the serpentine […]

El sonido del trompetista argentino Sebastián Greschuk remite por momentos al funk suave de Clifford Brown pero también al sonido de Chet Baker. Sus composiciones suelen tomar influencias de la era cool mezcladas con algunos grooves basados en ostinatos más oscuros. Pero su propuesta siempre es seductora. Aquí se presentan cuatro de las composiciones que integran su disco Paisaje, que cuenta con la participación adicional de Nicolás Boccanera en piano, Sebastián de Urquiza en contrabajo y Matías Crouzeilles en batería. [...]

The ears&eyes label has recently released a pair of albums that provide evidence of a vibrant and interesting jazz scene in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Trumpeter Sebastián Greschuk‘s Paisaje is a quartet recording that features Nicolas Boccanera on piano and Fender Rhodes; Sebastián de Urquiza on upright bass, and Matias Crouzeilles on drums. His own playing has the fluidity of Clifford Brown or Donald Byrd, but the compositions and the band’s performances mix classic hard bop dynamics with more modern, less predictable moves. It’s easy to tell they’ve been listening to players of [...]