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Improvisational Feast for the Ear

Stavros Moschopoulos | Rome, Italy | 08/15/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The moment I received this album and put it on my CD player, I knew that I had found a treasure... This guitar/accordion/ saxophone/bass-infested delicacy is a feast for the ear where intricate tangos mix freely with avant-garde fluidity and jazzy intaglios to create magnificent tableaux of fresh verve and exuberant vitality. Surprisingly classical but, at the same time, audaciously new. This is a great recording from these five independent, improvisational artists, to be had and savoured all summer long! Stavros Moschopoulos FAO CASA Gazette"

In-flight fusion

Replicant2 | Seattle, WA USA | 07/14/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Guitarrasalto is a surprising journey through the country side of acoustic fusion. Based in and returning often to American roots, the journey connects many diverse forms from many remote regions of the World.The music often soars, catching-up the listener in its eclectic flourishes. The flight is enjoyable and the takeoffs and landings are skillfully executed.En todo, un buen viaje."

Whimsically Dark, or Darkly Whimsical?

Replicant2 | 05/24/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"An instrumental album full of unexpected mixtures. The title is a little misleading until you think of the several possible translations, all of which may apply at one time or another-"Guitar Assault, Guitar Jump, Guitar Infection" -or even all within the same tune.But there is also some sweetness, some warmer textures built around the electric and acoustic guitarras, great horns and accordion and slappy bass playing, indeed a combination of playing precision and surprizing right angles in the arrangements."