The repertoire, selected together with pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba – a central figure in the project – and performed by a quartet completed by Peter Washington on bass and Kush Abadey on drums, becomes the starting point for a deeper exploration of melody, language and sound. The first woman to win the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in 2013, Aldana has built a career firmly rooted in the jazz tradition while continually evolving as both composer and improviser. Filín marks an important stage in that journey, with a renewed focus on the ballad form and an increasingly refined conception of sound as a primary expressive tool. The project was also presented in Italy at the Bergamo Jazz Festival, where Aldana appeared with her own quartet featuring Pablo Held, Pablo Menares and Kush Abadey. Your new album Filín is very intimate, almost introspective. You’ve said that you had wanted to record […]
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