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Albey Balgochian
A part of the downtown music scene since the 1970s, his public profile has escalated since joining with the Cecil Taylor Trio & Big Band. Best Performances '05 & '09 Cecil Taylor Trio & Big Band - All About Jazz
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Miguel Algarin and Albey Balgochian: Soul To Sol
by Eyal Hareuveni
A truly remarkable meeting of spoken poetry and improvised double bass playing. Puerto Rican mastermind and poet Miguel Algarin is a prolific and influential literary figure in the United States and Latin America, founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café, and editor of an important compilation of Nuyorican Poetry. Albey Balgochian is a resourceful and inventive bassist who has collaborated with Cecil Taylor and Dom Minasi. Algarin is a unique storyteller, with a rich, expressive voice. He reads ...
read moreMiguel Algarin and Albey Balgochian: Soul To Sol
by Bruce Lindsay
Miguel Algarin is a Puerto Rican poet, founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café and Emeritus Professor of English at Rutgers University. Albey Balgochian is an improvising bassist who's worked with guitarist Dom Minasi and Cecil Taylor, in the pianist's trio and big band. Together for the first time on Soul To Sol Algarin and Balgochian spark off each other, words and music combining superbly on a series of duets between double bass and human voice. Algarin clearly ...
read more"Balgochian on bass, no frills just thrills, with taste and style" Off Beat Magazine, New Orleans Music & Arts
"he's all over the music like a man with the most vibrant lust for life" - Nic Jones, All about Jazz
"Be prepared to go places you've never been before" - Bass Inside Mag