Ricardo Gallo – The Great Fine Line (CF 209) *****
“Terra de ninguém” é uma expressão a que se associa à desolação do terreno esventrado por crateras entre as frentes de dois exércitos. Mas também pode evocar a rejeição de todo e qualquer senhor ou bandeira.
O quinteto Terra de Nadie, do pianista Ricardo Gallo (um colombiano radicado nos EUA) pratica um jazz moderno com influências caribenhas, mas que nada tem a ver com a exuberância histriónica e estereotipada do Latin jazz. O mérito é das composições de Gallo (ouça-se o balanço sensual e preguiçoso de “The intervention”) e do trombone de Ray Anderson, do contrabaixo de Mark Helias, do sax de Dan Blake e da percussão de Satoshi Takeishi (por vezes reforçado por Pheeroan akLaff).
Esta terra de ninguém parece ser um lugar fantástico para se viver.
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