Gabriel Riesco

Gabriel Riesco Project: Sculptures in Time

Read "Sculptures in Time" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
January 8, 2010

Spanish guitarist Gabriel Riesco leads his GRProject quintet on their second album, Sculptures in Time, presenting a challenging selection of original modern and fusion-like jazz diced with elements of Latin and a splattering of smooth jazz. Billed as a jazz/samba and fusion guitarist, Riesco's guitar style compares quite nicely to Pat Metheny, though their approaches are different. Riesco gleamed his experience with fusion as a member of the international jazz-fusion band Global Grooves, and immersed himself in Latin music when ...

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Gabriel Riesco Reviewed Today at Jazz Chicago

Source: Kari-On Productions
March 16, 2010

GR Project Sculptures in Time (WUC Records) Eduardo Chillida was a highly acclaimed sculptor who built massive abstract structures that suggest movement through the use of form and space. Guitarist Gabriel Riesco used Chillada's work as the inspiration for his Sculptures in Time. A former student at the Royal Academy of Music in London and Berklee graduate, Riesco also spent several years in Miami and toured with the Miami Dade Big Band. Now settled in NYC, Riesco has put together ...
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