In the past I have already discussed CDs of the guitarist Albare. Albert Dadon, as his real name is, was born in Morocco in 1957. He grew up in Israel and France before emigrating to Melbourne, Australia in 1983. He received an acoustic guitar from his mother at the age of eight, thus becoming one of the first students in the new music conservatory in Dimona, Israel. His love for this instrument became apparent when the family moved to France on his tenth birthday. Discovering Django Reinhardt, Jimi Hendrix, Wes Montgomery, and later Antonio Carlos Jobim led him to a life of studying, composing, and playing guitar. The songs on this new album are all own compositions, or collaborations with pianist Phil Turcio. In addition, Albare will be joined by Randy Brecker (bracket & trumpet), Ada Rovatti (sax), Phil Rex (bass) and Felix Blossom (drums). This album is a tribute to the symbol that jazz represents everywhere. Albare says about this: “Jazz is the voice of freedom and it shall never be silenced”. The title track opens with a nice bossa nova, followed by the equally nice 'Adeus'. 'La Fiesta' sounds like the name implies, more festive and cheerful. And 'Lost Compass' follows that exuberant trend. Randy Brecker is more prominent on 'Randy Makes me Smile', after which 'Shimmozle' tends more towards improvisation. 'Sketches' sounds more restrained, followed by the slow 'Love Is Always'. The sunny Brazilian 'Sunny Samba' is the next track, and 'New Expectations' closes. Another nice album from Albare.
		Website Albare Tracks: 01 Freedom  02 Adeus 03 La Fiesta  04 Lost Compass  05 Randy Makes me Smile  06 Shimmozle  07 Sketches  08 Love Is Always  09 Sunny Samba  10 New Expectations  Copied from Culturmania with the permission of the author