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Antarctica

Diego Figueiredo
Discos: Jazz / MPB

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Ficha técnica Discos

Sello Arbors Records
Estilo Jazz / MPB
Año de Edición Original 2020
Instrumental

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Diego Figueiredo (guitarra acústica)

Alexandre Piu (piano), Eduardo Machado (bajo fretless) and Fernando Rast (batería).

Edición en formato Digipack.

13º disco individual del gran guitarrista y compositor paulista Diego Figueiredo (Franca, São Paulo, 1980), sin duda uno de los mejores de su generación, con creciente prestigio internacional al que contribuye este espléndido álbum grabado entre Franca (São Paulo, Brasil) (los temas con acompañantes) y Cleveland (EEUU) (los cuatro temas solo) en el que, además de su musicalidad, fluidez y elegancia en la ejecución, destaca su faceta de versátil compositor.

"On June 24, 2017, at the Tri-C JazzFest in Cleveland, this writer had the good fortune of catching a performance by guitarist Diego Figueiredo, who initially played solo before joining bassist John Clayton and drummer Jeff Hamilton for a mesmerizing trio set that merged jazz with bossa nova. From that day forward, I enthusiastically have followed the guitarist’s career.
Unlike Figueiredo’s excellent 2020 album, Compilation (Arbors)—for which he played electric guitar on about half the tracks—his new release is an all-acoustic, all-original affair featuring four solo guitar cuts and eight tunes on which he’s joined by the simpatico Brazilian crew of Alexandre Piu (piano), Eduardo Machado (fretless bass) and Fernando Rast (drums).
A native of Franca, Brazil, Figueiredo has crafted a program with song titles that allude to specific, appealing places—such as “Seville,” “Bryant Park,” “Edgewater Park” and “From Rio To Paris”—but no locale is more distant than the one cited in the title track, “Antarctica.” This suite-like solo guitar piece features intriguing, graceful transitions between the sections, resulting in a work that evokes the awesome majesty of the southernmost continent. Figueiredo composed the song while traveling via cruise ship. As he wrote in an email to DownBeat, “I could explore the sea and land around Antarctica, and it was one of my best experiences of my life. The penguins, the silence, the beautiful sky and the icebergs—it was all a unique and new experience for me.”
In contrast to the title track, the quartet tunes “Samba For Haroldo” and “Caribbean Gonzaga” offer a tropical vibe that conjures images of rolling waves and seaside strolls. Figueiredo composed another one of the album’s quartet tracks, “My Friend Menescal,” as a tribute to the bossa pioneer Roberto Menescal (who composed the standard “O Barquinho” and who wrote the liner notes to last year’s Compilation).
Some of the music here would be an appropriate soundtrack for deep thinking and even meditation, but the melodies are consistently compelling. The program concludes with the uplifting “Alma,” an anthem punctuated with Piu’s buoyant piano lines and the leader’s intricate, cyclical solo. The song conveys a mood of “Seize the day,” prompting this listener to spin it over and over."Bobby Reed (Downbeat, febrero 2021)

Temas

CD 1
01
Bled
Diego Figueiredo
06:45
02
Samba for Haroldo
Diego Figueiredo
02:59
03
Antarctica
Diego Figueiredo
05:18
04
Bryant Park
Diego Figueiredo
03:46
05
Seville
Diego Figueiredo
06:22
06
Light wind
Diego Figueiredo
05:48
07
Caribbean Gonzaga
Diego Figueiredo - Luiz Caldas
02:11
08
Edgewater Park
Diego Figueiredo
04:55
09
My friend Menescal
Diego Figueiredo
5:41
10
Old watch
Diego Figueiredo
04:00
11
From Rio to Paris
Diego Figueiredo
04:55
12
Alma
Diego Figueiredo
04:55