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1.1 Bianco's Waltz1.2 C'mon (Mi Guajira)1.3 Que Viva Barry1.4 Reflections-Facing South1.5 Listen Lady1.6 Augmented Blues1.7 Cuando Se Habla de Amor1.8 Monica1.9 El Guerrero Solitario |
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| | Description: | Reflections-Facing South by Conrad Herwig, released 29 August 2025.
This version of Reflections-Facing South comes as a 1xCD. - Trombonist Conrad Herwig, one of the most adventurous voices in Latin jazz, is back with a terrific new Savant release. This time he's teamed up again with the legendary Eddie Palmieri, a true icon of the genre, and bassist Luques Curtis, forming a trio that breaks all the rules. What sets this album apart? There's no drummer. In a musical style as rhythm-centric as Latin jazz, going drumless is almost unheard of - but that's precisely what makes this project so exciting. Curtis keeps the pulse moving forward with his rock-solid, melodic bass playing, while Palmieri fires up all his usual excitement and rhythmic complexity, using the piano like a percussion instrument. Herwig, of course, soars over it all with his high-flying, bold and fluid trombone sound. Herwig and Palmieri go way back, having played together on several of Palmieri's Grammy-winning records. With "Reflections-Facing South," they strip things down to the essentials, and the result is Latin jazz like you've never quite heard it before-energetic, unfiltered and full of surprises.Conrad Herwig defines the project in deeply personal terms: ?Eddie and I aren't just young people. This is basically the reflection of a lifetime of work. And there are many reflections here: of jazz, salsa, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Caribbean, and South American cultures. We were born a generation apart, but we both grew up when an album was like a work of art to be molded and sculpted. This is my album; it was my idea, and I twisted everyone's arms to make it happen. But Eddie never does anything without playing a pivotal role in making it beautiful.?
A drum-less trio (trombone, piano, and bass) sounds like a challenge in Latin jazz, and that tension becomes the album's driving force. Without a drum kit to dictate the clave, the rhythm breathes; Palmieri's left hand provides the ballast, Curtis weaves countermelodies and rhythm, and Conrad Herwig lets himself go with the flow, phrasing with the patience of a vocalist.
The set opens with Bianco's Waltz, a 3/4 rhythm that is also a statement of intent: three-way counterpoint, open air, with no wasted movement. "C'mon (Mi Guajira)" leans toward swaying and daylight; Palmieri plants tumbaos with his left hand and throws sparks of montuno with his right, while Curtis closes the gap from below. Que Viva Barry pays homage to the lineage of La Perfecta: Herwig's burnished horn rides Palmieri's percussive clusters with a celebratory bite.
The title track, Reflections - Facing South, is the hinge of the album: a clearly stated melody, then reworked through rhythmic feints and harmonic detours, elegant proof that intimacy can vibrate with the same force as spectacle. Listen, Lady, the longest performance on the album, extends into narrative; Conrad Herwig divides his chorus into sculpted arcs while Palmieri responds with granite chords and sudden sparks.
Augmented Blues makes its theoretical lesson seem like folk wisdom: intense colors in the changes, an earthy resolution in the performance. The ending becomes introspective: When Love Is Spoken of, it lingers on lyrical line a | | | No. of tracks: |
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SCD 2227 |
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