Steeped in the Latin legacy, his own sensibility is that of a New Yorker, crossing all borders.Īlex Blake, originally from Panama, brings unique intensity and physicality to his chosen instrument – just as he has while securing the bottom line for pianist Randy Weston over the past 15 years, to name only one of his long associations. Arturo O'Farrill is best known for sustaining his epic, Grammy-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra and smaller combos, often featuring his sons - but his credits include stints with artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Carla Bley and the Fort Apache band. Perhaps the term "star" deserves substantiation however, it suits each Puppeteer precisely.īill Ware toured with Steely Dan (when the duo of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker took to the road, supported also by Chris Potter, Warren Bernhardt and Peter Erskine), launched the jazz/hip-hop Groove Collective and was a founding member of the Jazz Passengers, effervescent stalwarts of the good ol' East Village, as well as leader of his own small groups.
Whether onstage or in the studio, its members clearly have a ball. Making a splash should be easy for this band, because the Puppeteers aims to be and is fun. Besides, their eponymous album is a project that will earn accolades while generating fans and gigs in its wake.
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I use "on a string" to imply that the Puppeteers should carry on without undue exertion, because playing music as colorful and energetic, as coherent and full of camaraderie as this set of nine original songs, is an end itself.
The world – well, that's you, and everyone listening. By "all-star" I mean that vibist Bill Ware, pianist Arturo O'Farrill, bassist Alex Blake and drummer Jaime Affoumado are each leaders of their own projects, and profound characters in their own rights.īy "fresh-jazz" I mean the music sounds like it just happened – not as "look-at-the-past" but as "here's-what-we-play-now." The quartet, as these gents comprise it, is one solid entity. The Puppeteers is an all-star fresh-jazz quartet with its world on a string.
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