Músico / Musico

Paulo Brioschi is a young Brazilian musician. On his first solo CD, he demonstrates his skills at bass playing, composing, and arranging. A sensitive artist, he has deep Brazilian roots and is strongly influenced by jazz — in spite of the lack of bass solos. Músico represents a summary of Brazilian jazz, with blues, samba, bossa nova, ballads, influences from chamber music, Moorish/Iberian and Caribbean cultures, all with the jazz idiom serving as the vehicle for the presenting of these ideas. The work is enriched by the participation of an extensive list of creative soloists lead by Bocato (a young master of the trombone, heavily influenced by Raul de Souza, who has been known since his work with Arrrigo Barnabé's band). This is a good CD for those who want to have a good collection of Brazilian instrumental music. Even if the solos don't go for the last consequences as you are used to in modern jazz, they keep a fluent and coherent development, and the overall compositional/instrumental/arranging/swinging qualities are enough to recommend Brioschi's work. There is a small and dispensable use of a drum machine on one track. All compositions are by Brioschi, except for "Cuba!" (Brioschi/Carlos Campos Jr.).