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Nestor Torres – Jazz Flute Traditions – ALFI Records

by Audiophile Audition | Jan 10, 2018 | Jazz CD Reviews

fiery flutist in full flight Nestor Torres – Jazz Flute Traditions – ALFI Records ALFI 8817 72:23**** ( Nestor Torres – flute; Silvano Monasterios – piano; Jamie Ousley – bass; Michael Piolet – drums; José Gregorio Hernandez – percussion; Special Guests: Miguel Russell – percussion tracks#2,3,11; Ian Muños – alto sax tracks#2,6,8; Marcus Grant – drums track #8) Jazz flutist Nestor Torres is just that… a jazz flutist. He is not an alto sax or tenor sax player who doubles on flute. From the very beginning, he has concentrated on the instrument and has honed his skills accordingly. His most recent jazz outing is Jazz Flute Traditions where he provides a “tour d’horizon” of some of the great jazz flute players covering the compositions associated with them. Canadian jazz great Moe Koffman ( a multi-instrumentalist) wrote “Swingin’ Shepherd ( not Shepherds as in the liner notes) Blues in 1957 where it became a hit in the US rising to #23 on the Billboard charts. After a funky bluesy piano opening from Silvano Monasterios, Torres offers a straight-forward run through of the melody, after which Monasterios demonstrates that he is penetrating  pianist with a rousing touch. Bassist Ousley is then given […]