Melissa Aldana With Pablo Menares & Jochen Rueckert at Regattabar

Chilean jazz saxophonist, Melissa Aldana, together with Jochen Rueckert and Pablo Menares, has forged a new style of free-form jazz, where musicians are encouraged to play with the notes, sometimes exploring a line for a good length of time. For her new album, Back Home, all three played in the same room, lending to the captured interactive vibe. They also contributed songs as a collective.
“Jochen and Pablo are both great writers and I love the taste they have for music,” Aldana continued. “Even though I’m the bandleader and I bring a lot of the music, I love to play the music of the people that I’m playing with, and I love for everyone to feel involved. I think of the band more as a collective, and it’s refreshing for me to play their music.” Aldana felt that this new album is a culmination of her travels since the last album, hopefully deepening in maturity....

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Chilean jazz saxophonist, Melissa Aldana, together with Jochen Rueckert and Pablo Menares, has forged a new style of free-form jazz, where musicians are encouraged to play with the notes, sometimes exploring a line for a good length of time. For her new album, Back Home, all three played in the same room, lending to the captured interactive vibe. They also contributed songs as a collective.
“Jochen and Pablo are both great writers and I love the taste they have for music,” Aldana continued. “Even though I’m the bandleader and I bring a lot of the music, I love to play the music of the people that I’m playing with, and I love for everyone to feel involved. I think of the band more as a collective, and it’s refreshing for me to play their music.” Aldana felt that this new album is a culmination of her travels since the last album, hopefully deepening in maturity.

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