The latest Robi Botos album is really electrifying, in just seven tracks he is condensing all of his musical world made of jazz and even more. In this record we hear all of his love for Hungary as well as his intention to reach beyond the borders of jazz music by contaminating it with soul sounds or just plain funk.
In order to produce such a diverse album he set up a super band with outstanding musicians. In “Old Soul” Larnell Lewis delivers all of his drumming power; in “Budapest”, filled with homesickness for his country, Seamus Blake brings us a moving melody that reminded me, for the way he plays it, of the great Michael Brecker; lastly, in “Calhoun Square” he pays a tribute, together with none other than Cory Henry, to the departed Prince.
This is a record where a flawless piano technique reminds me of both Oscar Peterson on one side and on the other, for his ability to harmonize tracks in an almost orchestral way, the great Bill Evans. It’s an awesome album where the highest peaks of virtuosity are performed with the same ease as a child running.
Buon Ascolto
Buon Ascolto
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