Music Capsule Review

Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Supernova (2008)

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Lead Performance: Gonzalo Rubalcaba

B+

By Josef Woodard

Jazz piano virtuoso Rubalcaba -- one of the finest Cuban exports this side of the Buena Vista Social Club -- has been a contender for over a decade. On earlier recordings, his pianistic pyrotechnics grabbed the ear and head while sometimes depriving the heart, but that tendency has yielded to all-purpose musicality. Supernova neatly showcases Rubalcaba's strengths: unerring yet playful rhythm, technical ferocity when required, burnished balladry, and Cuban swagger blended with jazz suavity, all connected with fiery hands and a cool head.

Posted Jul 20, 2001

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