***1/2 Dino Saluzzi/Anthony Cox/David Friedman
RIOS
(Monarch)
Next to
the harmonica, with its sighs and cries, there may not be a more
pensive-sounding musical instrument than the small Latin American accordion
called the bandoneon. Argentine Dino Saluzzi's great skill lies in creating
gradations of emotion from his simultaneous manipulations of the button
keyboard and pleated bellows. The musical colors produced when the sound of his
instrument integrates with Anthony Cox's dark tones on electric or acoustic
bass and David Friedman's low-luster marimba or vibraphone provide nine
originals (most built on South American folk themes) and the chestnut "My One
and Only Love" with an uncanny half-elegiac and half-hopeful glow. A short
European tour preceded the recording session and helps explain why Saluzzi and
the two American jazzmen, who'd never played together before, are so at ease
and communicative.
-- Frank-John Hadley
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