Ricardo Gallo: Transmutable Music

MUSIC
MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2020
8:00 PM

Hypercube
YouTube

Free
https://www.facebook.com/events/1106040136483501/

This is intriguing. Ricardo Gallo is a Colombian jazz pianist with a distinctive, angular compositional style: a sort of South American Andrew Hill, as I never tire of saying when I recommend him (which I do constantly). What Gallo's music will sound like played by the über-precise über-passionate guitar/sax/piano/percussion chamber ensemble Hypercube, for whom this set of pieces was written, is anybody's guess. Only one way to find out.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: French Colombian: pour 1/4 oz. lemon juice, 1/2 oz. Demerara Syrup, 1-3/4 oz. Absinthe, and 2 oz. water into a pint glass. Top with grated cinnamon. Stir with a red hot poker (CAREFUL!) until you can smell that the sugars have caramelized. Pour into a mug to drink. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.