For Your Consideration for the 64th GRAMMY® Awards:
TRIO GRANDE
Will Vinson - Gilad Hekselman - Antonio Sanchez
CATEGORIES:
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Trio Grande
Best Improvised Solo: Will Vinson (Oberkampf)
Best Improvised Solo: Gilad Hekselman (Upside)
Best Instrumental Composition: Antonio Sanchez (Gocta)
Trio Grande is the debut statement from a brand new project that unites three of the most inventive, exciting and accomplished musicians working at the interface of New York’s contemporary musical culture, where the city’s rich tradition of jazz meets crosscurrents blowing in from across the world. British-born saxophonist Will Vinson, Israeli guitarist Gilad Hekselman and Mexico City native, longtime Jackson Heights, Queens resident Antonio Sánchez first came together at one of the city’s legendary club residencies at the Cornelia Street Café, and the chemistry and excitement was immediate. Each brings their own formidable reputation as bandleader and composer in their own right, but when they started playing together, following their impulses with all the freedom afforded by the bass-less trio format, they found the music taking on its own creative directions that surprised and delighted them all.
PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
"What happens when three of the world’s most accomplished jazz musicians get together for a new trio project? Fireworks! … and an innovative, exhilarating debut album."
★★★★★ UK Vibe
"They do thoughtful, well-crafted melodic development and no holds-barred melées with equal conviction and effectiveness."
★★★★ BBC Music Magazine
“...The beauty of this disc of originals is that it’s far more than an all-star session; there’s an exceptional connection here. Each player brings his singular vision to the plate, but the collective sum is something fresh and exhilarating.”
★★★★ DownBeat Magazine
“It’s a project with a hard-hitting contemporary sonic all of its own.”
★★★★ Jazzwise Magazine (Editor's Choice)
"Here are three musicians uninterested in routine trio jazz... Always with room to groove."
★★★★★ Jazz'n'More
"Bold, equal measures of Vinson's potent texture, Hekselman's chimes and snarls and Sánchez's sly, percussive humor backbone Trio Grande's solid eight tracks, genuinely establishing the trio as a creative and crafty entity we'll want to hear more from in the future."
★★★★ All About Jazz
"The sound of three huge individual talents coming together to create something that is even greater than the sum of its parts."
★★★★ The Jazz Mann
"Above all, Sanchez is enthroned in a fascinatingly intensive percussion work – his virtuosity is always very tasteful."
★★★★★ Drums & Percussion
"Lively and exciting throughout."
★★★★ Concerto Magazine
"Shows the scope of the trio’s no-limits influences and underlines the spirit of openness and unity of purpose that defines this collaboration."
- Glide Magazine
"An encounter between three strong, distinctive musical personalities... A captivating debut."
- Jazziz
"A confident demonstration of modern soundscapes blended with catchy hooks—all against the backdrop of the members' deep roots in jazz."
-All About Jazz
"An innovative, exhilarating debut album."
"Their intuitive musical connection is obvious to hear on this stunning recording, as all three musicians combine so creatively well together."
★★★★★ UK Vibe
"[Trio Grande] share an effervescent spirit as improvisers, and the supreme technical command to give shape to any idea."
-WGBO
"[Trio Grande] are at the top of their game... the music defies categorization."
-Step Tempest
"Three of the best bandleaders, composers and players all combining here for something that is exactly as stunning as anyone could hope."
-Off The Tracks
"[Trio Grande don't] disappoint, setting out an aesthetic stall that suits their rare flexibility and vision."
-JazzTrail
"Hekselman often plays at the low end of the guitar’s range, occupying a zone somewhere between guitar and bass and building up a strong rhythmic foundation before launching into biting, distorted soloing."
-Stereogum
"Each musician is a bandleader of their own unique groups, but they come together on this recording to explore a bass-less situation."
-Musical Memoirs
"Most of what happens here is loud, edgy and untamed. These virtuosos are interested in kicking your ass."
-New York City Jazz Record
"An all-star trio from the jazz motherland... the trio is defined by gripping gentleness."
- Jazz Podium
"Trio Grande can rightly be called a jazz super-trio."
- Written in Music ★★★★
"An abundance of everything: melodies, motifs, and gripping complex rhythms."
-Jazzthetik
“Trio Grande morphs Sanchez's mastery with the talents of guitar savant Gilad Hekselman and fiery saxophonist Will Vinson, shaping an album that sounds much larger than just a trio.”
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