Fresh Sound New Talent presents the debut release from the Pablo Ablanedo Octet "From Down There". This ensemble from the New York-Boston area is an internationally eclectic group of performers comprised of an unusual grouping of instruments: a combination including violin, clarinet and traditional Argentinian percussion.
Pablo's original music explores extended jazz forms through South American rhythms and styles where most prevalent are the sounds of tango, zamba and chacarera which originate from his home country, Argentina."
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released August 1, 2001
FROM DOWN THERE
by Pablo Ablanedo Octet (2001) - Fresh Sound New Talent Records
Jenny Scheinmann (violin)
Avishai Cohen (trumpet)
Anat Cohen (saxophones, clarinet)
Jerome Sabbagh (saxophones)
Juancho Herrera (electric guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Franco Pinna (drums & bombo legüero)
Julio Santillan (acoustic guitar)
Katie Viqueira (voice)
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Produced by: Frederik Rubens
Executive Producer Jordi Pujol
Recorded by: Frederik Rubens and Ross Petersen at Avatar Studios NY, August 2000
“Dreaming” (a capella) recorded at PBS Westwood, MA by Peter Kontrimas
Mastered by: Jonathan Wyner at M-Works, Cambridge, MA.
Cover art by Lucile Chaurin Ablanedo
REVIEWS
"Argentine composer Pablo Ablanedo makes a disarmingly gentle but firm debut notable more for his ascetic, introspective writing than his low-profile piano. This band plays the through-composed and chamber-like pieces understatedly rather than in-your-face, slowly unfolding a mature, inclusive world vision.” (4 Stars) Fred Bouchard, Downbeat Magazine (US)
“Pablo Ablanedo Octet is hot. However, to describe the octet in simple terms is to do the group a disservice, because their performances on From Down There are exciting, complex, intricate and fun." Katie DeBonville, Northeastern Performer (US)
"The newest works by this Argentinean pianist and composer are as mature and sophisticated as any of the best modern Latin jazz." Bob Young, Boston Herald (US)
"It would be a mistake to pigeonhole the pianist/composer Pablo Ablanedo as a "Latin jazz artist”: the lush, complex weave of his writing for octet on the new Alegría (Fresh Sounds) has as much to do with Gil Evans as with the tangos of Ablanedo’s fellow Argentine, Astor Piazzolla." Jon Garelick, Boston Phoenix (US)
With excited horns and a rollicking 7-string guitar, it's no wonder this record was nominated for the Best Latin Jazz Album Grammy. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 14, 2017