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  "Essentially,
Ablanedo possesses all of the goods necessary to become a
major force in modern jazz. Recommended."
Glenn Astarita,
All About Jazz (US)
 Their
music, however, has no equal in the market, patterning
highly urbane musical concepts and compositions, coupled
with advanced ensemble work and superior performances
from all musicians. The leader's ethnic background
is unmistakable, although one must leave any preconceptions
about the possibilities afforded by such a coalescence of
jazz, classical and Argentinean popular, folk and cultured
music.
Javier
Antonio Quiñones Ortiz,
All About Jazz
(US)
"From
Down There introduces both one of our most inventive young
jazz composers and one of the most innovative contemporary
ensembles. It's music you need to know."
Shaun Dale,
Jazz Review (US)
 "Les
solistes principaux que sont Jérome Sabbagh, Anat Cohen
et Avishai Cohen (à ne pas confondre avec le bassiste
du même nom) ont le grand mérite de rester ciblés
et de véritablement développer la thématique
d’Ablanedo, même lors des improvisations collectives.Tout
ces éléments font que cet album réussit
véritablement à faire d’Ablanedo une voix
très intéressante, sophistiquée et ouverte."
Mwanji
Ezana,
CitizenJazz (France)
 CRÍTICOS
VOTAM MELHORES
CDS - 2002 - PABLO ABLANEDO - “From down there”
- F.S. New Talents
José Carlos
Santos,
Jazz Portugal (Portugal)
MOONLIGHT
JAZZ NOVITA' REVIEW
Pablo Ablanedo Octet - From Down There (Giovane pianista,
arrangiatore ed autore alle prese con un accattivante world-jazz,
con un prezioso mixage di afro e latino, realizzato con una
grossa formazione dove spiccano violino, chitarre e sassofoni.
I protagonisti sono nomi prestigiosi della scana jazz: Avishai
e Anat Cohen, Jenny Scheinmann, Jerome Sabbagh, Fernando Huergo….)
MOONLIGHT
JAZZ NOVITA' (Italy)
Alegría
heißt nach zwei Jahren CD-Pause das neue Album des
Pablo Ablanedo Octets. Die Freude, Joy – Alegría
verstanden als Schutzschild, als Unterstützung für
den Widerstand gegen allen Unbill, die Musik als Barrikade
der Hoffnung, dies soll nach Ablanedos Ansicht eine Hilfe
darstellen, in der heutigen Zeit nicht aufzugeben.
Carina
Prange,
Jazz Dimentions (Germany)
The
mixture with modern musical elements -call it jazz- is done
in a very imaginative way, displaying extraordinary sensibility
that invites to
relaxation and thinking -no contradiction between these two
apparently juxtaposed human activities.
Using an old literary figure, Ablanedo's music is "Food
for Thought"
 Danilo
Navas,
L
atin Jazz Network Magazine (Canada)
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Top
10 CDs 2003 Pick by Javier Antonio Quinones-Ortiz
1. Pablo Ablanedo Alegría (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Javier
Antonio Quinones-Ortiz,
Jazz Times Magazine (US)
"Argentine
composer Pablo Ablanedo makes a disarmingly gentle but firm debut
notable more for his ascetic, introspective writing than his low-profile
piano. This band plays the through-composed and chamber-like pieces
understatedly rather than in-your-face, slowly unfolding a mature,
inclusive world vision." (4 stars)
Fred Bouchard,
Down Beat Magazine (US)
With
his latest effort, Argentine
pianist/composer Pablo Ablanedo
pronounces a sense of joy. In the
liners the artist emphasizes that this work "alludes
to the happiness of creation." To
that end, Ablanedo and his octet disseminate
a set of emotive musings via a Spanishtinged
luster combined with polychordal
hom charts and more. 
Glenn
Astarita,
Down Beat Magazine(US)
CADENCE MAGAZINE
Alegría
has cemented Pablo Ablanedo’s reputation as
an innovative and yet disciplined composer who
promises even more noteworthy work in the future.
Bill Donaldson,
Cadence Magazine (US)
"The
newest works by this Argentinian pianist and composer are as mature
and sophisticate as any of the best modern Latin jazz."
Bob Young,
Boston Herald (USA)
"Ablanedo
has a talent for combining multi-line horn parts and shifting harmonies
with the relaxed intensity of classic Latin rhythms...."
Jon
Garelick,
Boston Phoenix
(US)
It would be a mistake to pigeonhole the pianist/composer
Pablo Ablanedo as a "Latinjazz
artist: the lush, complex weave of his writing for octet on the
new Alegria (Fresh
Sounds) has as much to do with Gil Evans as with the tangos of
Ablanedo's fellow
Argentine, Astor Piazzolla.
Jon Garelick,
Boston Phoenix (US)
"Pablo
Ablanedo Octet is hot. However, to describe the octet in simple
terms is to do the group a disservice, because their performances
on From Down There are exiting, complex, intricate and fun."
Katie
DeBonville,
Northeastern Performer (US)
JAZZ DIMENTIONS
What
a pity that at this point the band is limiting their appearances
to the Boston/New York region. Great that one can, until that will
change, at least listen to this CD.
Frank
Bongers,
Jazz Dimentions (Germany)
JAZZ HOT MAGAZINE
"...be sure that Pablo Ablanedo's work has its own personnality:
you will be pleased to listen and listen to From Down There ."
Claude
Colpaert,
Jazz Hot
Magazine (France)
"There's
a certain brooding quality that extends into the realm of jazz
music that the great nation of Argentina has contributed to us.
This CD is an excellent example of how well constructed and interesting
compositions, created from within the
structures of this very sensual and emotional music can extend
itself into and beyond the reaches of jazz."
Peter
La Barbera,
The Jazz Zine (US)
CUADERNOS DE JAZZ
Ablanedo
se encarga, desde el primer momento, de manifestar su valía
como arreglista y compositor. From Down There muestra, sobre un
convincente y original lienzo rítmico, un caleidoscopico
dibujo de colores y texturas sonoras, dando la medida del
arreglo como catalizador de las posibilidades expresivas de un
octeto; no hay revolución, sinó una
refinada puesta en escena de la argumentación musical.
José Luis
Salinas
Cuadernos
de Jazz (Spain)
Este
pianista argentino residente en Boston compone una amalgama de música
sudamericana con Jazz. Prevalecen en su primera producción,
From Down There, Tango, la Zamba y la Chacarera, ritmos originarios
de su país. Su octeto incluye intérpretes de instrumentos
como clarinete, violín y percusiones argentinas tradicionales.
Beto Hale,
Músico Pro (US)
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The
music is majestic. Proud, optimistic and spiritual, a mixture
of jazz, modern classical and the most soulful of ethnic Spanish
sounds and rhythms. (4 Stars)
Tony Hall,
Jazz Wise Magazine (UK) |
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