14.02.2006: Blas Rivera, Surprise offer, Prizes!
1. Blas Rivera meets Astor Piazzolla
2. CD for free! Surprise offer for all Premium club members
3. Two or perhaps three CD winners?
The new CD by the saxophone player Blas Rivera from Argentina has only
been released a few days ago, and there are already enthusiastic press
reviews! Recorded on various continents with an international cast, this
is the fourth CD of Blas released by the label "Danza y Movimiento". Now,
we don’t deal with the question whether this is Jazz or Tango – this CD is a
music milestone. For the first time, we release a CD by Blas Rivera on which
– like on the previous three CDs – there is not only one title by Astor
Piazzolla and the others are written by Blas Rivera. Here, it is the other way
around: One title is composed by Blas Rivera, the others by Astor Piazzolla.
It becomes quite obvious – this is a hommage to the revolutionary model.
The Press:
Blas Rivera, according to himself, feels like a musician who is always caught
between two stools: The Tango musicians don’t like his saxophone, the
Jazzers think, he doesn’t improvise enough, and the classics say, he
improvises too much. Still, these people are usually the most interesting. In
the case of Tango, the unconventional combination of Jazz and classic by
Astor Piazzolla made this music flourish again in the 1980s. Not
surprisingly, Blas Rivera interprets his pioneer in his own expressive way.
Often, the result is somehow lyrical, rather reminding of Nino Rotas
soundtracks and not following the pure Tango air. Again and again,
saxophone, bandoneon, piano, violin and cello swirl around and embrace
each other in a baroque way. A funeral march also turns up, and later on
pieces with more fast-paced rhythms. If this was generated electronically,
one would have to call it Drum’n’Bass. There also appear some duets, one of
them showing the Spanish influence on Tango. And in the end a cacophonic
Tango mixes with a waltz. Rivera calls his music “bastard salad”. And he
is right in a pleasant way. (Jazzthetik)
He is always caught between two stools, says the Argentinian Blas Rivera
who lives in Rio. The Jazzers miss the dominant improvisational parts in his
music, the Tango faction doesn’t appreciate the saxophone in the
line-up, the classics, finally, regard his instrument as an inferior one. Well,
this is not much different to the case of his model, who was neither accepted
amongst the rigid purists. We are talking about Astor Piazzolla here, whose
compositions have been elaborated in an unusual way. It is fascinating how
Rivera’s arrangements follow the overtone correspondences and dissonances
between the tenor sax and the bandoneon. Besides, it surprises what the
wind player created out of some well-known Piazzolla pieces. "Libertango",
for example, turns up with some brassband-like movements, which are
accompanied at some stage by a diabolic electronic guitar solo. It is also
impressing that Rivera meets the unpretentious (and at the same time
moving) tone of his idol with his solemn soli. The tenor saxophone player is
undoubtedly a dignified and worthy successor of Piazzolla. (Jazzthing)
Being an hommage to the model figure of Tango Nuevo, Astor Piazzolla,
this fourth CD by the Argentinian cosmopolite and saxophone player Blas
Rivera only contains one title written by himself. This is quite
surprising, because insiders know Blas Rivera as THE successor of
Piazzolla, and here he deals with Piazzolla`s compositions. The high quality
CD was recorded with an international band and nine guests from
Brazil, England, Uruguay, France, the USA and Italy. Thus, the B. Rivera
Quartet (piano, violin, bandoneon, sax) is amplified or reduced depending on
the title to (e-) guitar, drums, double bass, voice, cello, alto saxophone,
synthesizer or the like, so that every track constitutes a special arrangement
to which the sax subordinates itself (Rivera doesn’t exploit guests and
Piazzolla, but transforms). This creates a CD one can listen to wonderfully
from start to finish and which really surprises. The “old” hits like
Michelangelo, Libertango are experienced in a new way, provoke a new
understanding (just like the best ”el loco“ recording I know): If you
appreciate Piazzolla, the sound of a virtuoso playing sax, or simply “bloody
good” music, you will love this CD.
(Corina Oosterveen für das Magazin Folker)
This is the way to Blas’ CD:
Blas Rivera
2. Surprise offer for all Premium DyM Club members
We already announced that there is not only a 10% discount and many other
advantages for Premium members of the DyM Club but small and big
surprises from time to time. This is the first one:
If you are already a Premium member or if you become one today, February
14th , you will receive the new CD by Blas Rivera for free with your next
order, if you wish. Just add the CD to your order, we won’t charge you
for it. This offer is valid for all orders reaching us until 26/02/06.
You are no Premium member yet? You can get all the necessary information
here:
DyM-Club
3. Two or perhaps three CD winners?
We don’t know for sure yet, if two or three persons will win a CD ...
When you register as a new customer in our webshop, we ask you to tell us
briefly, how you became aware of us. If you fill in this corresponding space,
you participate in our monthly raffle. The winner of January is Armin
Esslinger from Bad Rappenau-Bonfeld. His message for us when he
registered: Recommendation by Susanne Beckmann. So who is
FrauBeckmann? Please contact us and you can choose a CD for your friendly
recommendation!
The second or alternatively third winner is as usual the 20th person who
wrote a review to one of our products. Michael Dorwarth was thrilled by the
CD “Tango Brasileiro”. Read his comments here:
Tango Brasileiro
Every winner can choose a CD from our page of label CDs:
Our LabelCDs
Many regards from Hamburg
Matthias Möbus
from the DyM-team
