Moondo Music artist: Rique Pantoja - Live In LA - New Release Review

 

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Live In LA from Rique Pantoja and it's very enjoyable. Opening with Arpoador, Brazilian piano ace Rique Pantoja sets the pace, joined by Jimmy Earl on bass, Joel Taylor on drums and Cassio Duarte on percussion for a fast paced jam making it difficult to sit still. Ricardo Silveira plays electric guitar with super dexterity adding solid lead runs and contrast. Very cool. Da Baiana is light and breezy with Steve Tavaglione on flute paired with Pantoja on melody. Pantoja takes the first solo with great intensity and Silviera's guitar work is crisp and fluid, capped by Tavaglione on flute. Morena has a traditional contemporary jazz feel with Tavaglione playing melody on sax. A  hot guitar solo by Silviera adds a bit of blues and Pantoja adds solid vocals to this track cementing it's status as the most likely radio track with it's memorable melody. Wrapping the release is Pra Lili with it's inventive styling. Tavaglione on sax has the melodic lead and really does a nice job. Pantoja stretches on piano with tight contributions by Taylor on drums. Circling back Tavaglione rolls a really nice solo of his own and Earl sneaks in with a terrific bass solo as well. Super closer. 

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Moondo Music artist: Juan Carlos Quintero - Table For Five - New Release Review

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Table For Five, from Juan Carlos Quintero and it's really tasty. Opening with Arthur Schwartz's Alone Together, Juan Carlos Quintero opens the gate and lets it flow. This is a masterful display of melodic guitar lead, over a tight Latin rhythm by Eddie Resto on bass, Aaron Serfaty on drums and Joey DeLeon on percussion and with excellent piano work by Joe Rotondi adding melodic rhythm on piano. Excellent! Luiz Bonfa's Manha De Carnaval is slowed down from it's traditional presentation to more of a Bolero feel with beautiful guitar lead by Quintero, teamed with Rotondi's piano accent. Very nice. Original composition and title track, Table For Five... at The Cumbia Inn has a cool, Columbian rhythm with a steady cymbal and tight rhythm guitar leaving plenty of space for melodic guitar lead soloing by Quintero and really nice percussion by DeLeon and Serfaty who also play an extended  solo on Horace Silver's Song For My Father along with the masterful work of  Rotondi and Quintero. Henry Mancini's Days Of Wine And Roses gets a Latin redo and features a beautiful bass solo by Resto, along with Quintero and Rotondi. Wrapping the release is Victor Young's standard, Beautiful Love which is as perfect a closer as I could imagine for this terrific release. Quintero's guitar lead is full of emotion, and floating lightly on the rhythms of Resto and Serfaty. Another stand out solo by Resto on bass nicely compliments the solitude and pristine beauty. Excellent closer for an excellent release. 

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