Brian Bromberg LaFaro 2024 - Be Squared Productions: 4562821 https://www.brianbromberg.net/be-squared-productions https://www.brianbromberg.net/album/2790355/lafaro https://www.dlmediamusic.com/artists/brian-bromberg-lafaro/ https://brianbromberg.bandcamp.com/album/lafaro * Brian Bromberg : acoustic bass (1-9, 11-15), piccolo bass (10) * Tom Zink : piano (1-11, 13-15) * Charles Ruggiero: drums (1-11, 13-15) https://www.brianbromberg.net/ https://www.tomzink.com/ https://www.ruggierodrums.com/ Scott LaFaro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_LaFaro https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_LaFaro https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_LaFaro Recorded live by Tom McCauley, assisted by Tom Zink, at Ming Dynasty Recording Studios, Long Beach, California, USA, May 1st and 2nd, 2023. Reviews ~~~~~~ By Joshua Weiner https://www.allaboutjazz.com/lafaro-brian-bromberg-be-squared-productions As much as one can appreciate the astonishing stylistic breadth of music that is gathered under the banner of "jazz" today, for many listeners there remains nothing like a supremely swinging straight-ahead date for listening pleasure. For those folks, Brian Bromberg's gorgeous new album LaFaro delivers on many levels: musicianship, sound quality, thematic cohesion and classic tunes. Bromberg is a master bassist who has done extensive work as a Los Angeles-based session musician in addition to releasing 28 of his own albums, including prior thematic tributes to Jaco Pastorius (Jaco, A440, 2002) and Jimi Hendrix (Bromberg Plays Hendrix, Be Squared, 2020). The present album pays tribute to the great Scott LaFaro, who rocketed to renown as the astonishingly inventive bassist for the classic Bill Evans trio in 1959. LaFaro reinvented the role of the bass in jazz in a remarkably short time before his life was cut cruelly short by an automobile crash in 1961. His legacy looms large to this day, and there can be few acoustic bassists in jazz who remain unmarked by his influence to some extent. [..] -- By Nolan DeBuke https://thejazzword.com/2024/02/brian-bromberg-lafaro-review/ By Steven Miller https://soundinreview.com/brian-bromberg-lafaro-review/ By Stephen Smoliar https://therehearsalstudio.blogspot.com/2024/04/brian-brombergs-tribute-to-scott-lafaro.html By Thierry De Clemensat https://www.paris-move.com/reviews/brian-bromberg-lafaro-eng-review/ By Michael J. West / Gary Fukushima https://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/lafaro https://downbeat.com/news/detail/brian-bromberg-of-lafaro-and-reinvention Por Alrededor de Medianoche (es) https://www.aldemedianoche.com.ar/brian-bromberg-lafaro/