CoVerse in the Mirror – Alfonsina y el Mar written by Ariel Ramírez & Félix Luna
The original version was recorded by Mercedes Sosa in 1969 for the album “Mujeres Argentinas”. This piece is the masterful transformation in poetry and music of the impact that the story of the suicide of the Argentine poet Alfonsina Storni had on...
DuaL lauD – ENRIQUE OLIVER & ABE RÁBADE
Love Me or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn) Enrique Oliver is a titan of the tenor saxophone originally from Malaga. After this experience, I can only wish to do a gig with him as soon as possible. His sound is deep and noble. This edition of Dual...
Dual lauD – RALE MICIC & ABE RÁBADE – Jano
With the ‘Dual lauD’ series I want to celebrate the friendship and the talent of musicians I deeply admire. It will be always in a duet format: essential and sincere, the closest one to a dialogue. Rale Micic, of Serbian origin, has lived in...
What is Abe Rábade reading these weeks?
Book Day 2020: This is the list of books Abe Rábade is currently reading: 1. Akal Dictionary of Aesthetics (Étienne Souriau) A compendium of about 1,800 entries- which, in the perspective of a multidisciplinary work, confer form and value to the field of...
Exhibition “Galicia, un relato no mundo”
The museum of the Cidade da Cultura hosts since November 15 the exhibition Galicia, un relato no mundo (Galicia, a story in the world), a tour of Galiza’s interaction with the rest of the world, from prehistory to the present day. The more than 300...
CoVerse in the Mirror – Dos Gardenias written by Isolina Carrillo
This famous bolero written in 1945 was dedicated by the Cuban pianist and composer Isolina Carrillo to her husband, the baritone Guillermo Arronte. In the author’s words: “Dos Gardenias rests on a subjugating melody full of grace and...
CoVerse in the Mirror – Joy Spring written by Clifford Brown
The saddest spring in many years has just arrived. Even so, let’s get fueled with its magnetism in these tough times. Clifford Brown dedicated this energetic and optimistic piece to his wife Larue. In fact he used to call her his “Joy...
CoVerse in the mirror – Cyclic Episode written by Sam Rivers
It is the third piece of ‘Fuchsia Swing Song’, debut album by saxophonist Sam Rivers for the Blue Note label in 1964. The 16 compasses theme introduces two quick loops of minor chords that draw the diminished arpeggio with its bass: the first...
Abe Rábade Trío concert at the Círculo de Bellas Artes (Madrid, Spain)
During this edition of Jazz Círculo, the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid hosted a concert by Abe Rábade Trío on January 24. Since 2007, with the aim of providing the public of Madrid with a place to listen Jazz live in an emblematic institution of the...
CoVerse in the Mirror – Long Ago and Far Away written by Jerome Kern
This piece, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, was written for the 1944 film Cover Girl, starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly. The singer who bends Hayworth at the scene of the movie is Martha Mears. The song was immediately popularized with versions of Dick Haymes, Helen...