- Beledo: Flotando En El Vacío
(2024, cd, --, moonjune records)
Leonardo Pavlovic recently hosted the MoonJune Records Festival in Toledo, Spain.
We hesitated but finally decided not to attend. It just didn't fit too well in the schedules.
To make up for it, I ordered a bunch of MoonJune artist albums. One of these was José Pedro Beledo's latest album, "Flotando En El Vacío".
On the MoonJune bandcamp page, Beledo adds:
It was really a wonderful surprise when Leonardo told me that he wanted me to record an album with Carles Benavent and Jorge Pardo. Leonardo always comes up with ideas that make my head spin for a good reason. It was almost too good to be true.
After pinching myself to make sure I was not dreaming I had to navigate through the idea and figure out what kind of material I would bring to the table. Carles and Jorge participated on Paco de Lucia’s “Solo Quiero Caminar” which is one of the best albums ever made and Carles and Paco duo “Monasterio de sal” is not only an extremely difficult song but it is one of the most impressive compositions ever written. That said, I knew that my album had to be completely different than that but my extreme desire for excellency would find a common ground where these exceptional musicians would feel comfortable using their amazing skills over my compositions. On top of that, we were going to have the incredible amazing Asaf Sirkis on drums who can jazz and rock hard but has an incredible vast knowledge of diverse ethnic music from around the world. We could not go wrong.
We hesitated but finally decided not to attend. It just didn't fit too well in the schedules.
To make up for it, I ordered a bunch of MoonJune artist albums. One of these was José Pedro Beledo's latest album, "Flotando En El Vacío".
On the MoonJune bandcamp page, Beledo adds:
It was really a wonderful surprise when Leonardo told me that he wanted me to record an album with Carles Benavent and Jorge Pardo. Leonardo always comes up with ideas that make my head spin for a good reason. It was almost too good to be true.
After pinching myself to make sure I was not dreaming I had to navigate through the idea and figure out what kind of material I would bring to the table. Carles and Jorge participated on Paco de Lucia’s “Solo Quiero Caminar” which is one of the best albums ever made and Carles and Paco duo “Monasterio de sal” is not only an extremely difficult song but it is one of the most impressive compositions ever written. That said, I knew that my album had to be completely different than that but my extreme desire for excellency would find a common ground where these exceptional musicians would feel comfortable using their amazing skills over my compositions. On top of that, we were going to have the incredible amazing Asaf Sirkis on drums who can jazz and rock hard but has an incredible vast knowledge of diverse ethnic music from around the world. We could not go wrong.
And Beledo was right. It did not go wrong.
With Carles Benavent on the bass, Jorge Pardo on the flute, and Asaf Sirkis on the drums, Beledo had the perfect team.
Add special guests Gary Husband and Ramon Echegaray for the some additional flavor and you get an amazing album.
With Carles Benavent on the bass, Jorge Pardo on the flute, and Asaf Sirkis on the drums, Beledo had the perfect team.
Add special guests Gary Husband and Ramon Echegaray for the some additional flavor and you get an amazing album.
A beautiful mix of world music and fusion jazz.
Love it.
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