Fernando Otero's Nonesuch debut, Pagina de Buenos Aires, "feels like page one of a very exciting book for Otero," writes the BBC's Tim Nelson in his review of the record. Nelson points to the "musical insiders" like Quincy Jones, Paquito D'Rivera, and Chico O'Farrill with whom Fernando has worked in the past and exclaims that the Argentine pianist-composer's own album, "with its sudden stops and starts, reckless experimentation and assured flourishes is a seemingly endless exciting series of first pages."
The BBC review goes on to describe Pagina de Buenos Aires as
an album that combines the rigors of classical structure with the freedom and daring of jazz. The album covers a lot of ground, from jaunty and fast-paced ensemble pieces ... to altogether more wistful and yearning pieces ... Otero's album is urbane and exotic, surreal and streetwise, and alive with invention and emotion.
To read the review, visit bbc.co.uk.
Chico O'Farrill's son Arturo leads his Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra in a performamce of new works by Latin American composers, including Fernando, at New York's Symphony Space March 27 and 29. For program and ticket information, visit symphonyspace.org.
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