MPT Trio Volume 1, by Francisco Mela

MPT Trio Volume 1

by Francisco Mela

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1.	Calipso 04:44 video	buy track
2.	Sustain 02:55	buy track
3.	Suite For Leo Brouwer 09:23	buy track
4.	Vino 04:19	buy track
5.	Naima 06:14	buy track
6.	Baldor 05:14	buy track
7.	Whisper 03:24	buy track
8.	El Llanto De La Tierra 06:34	buy track

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Emerging from sun-soaked Caribbean folk music and the shadowy foundations of Free Jazz, the MPT Trio, led by Francisco Mela (Joe Lovano, McCoy Tyner, John Scofield, Esperanza Spalding, George Garzone, Kenny Barron, Gary Bartz), presents a stylistically innovative sound on their debut album, Volume I. In an impressive first release, the group curates a set of eight original songs that explores the scope of their concept as a band, blending diverse musical traditions with contemporary and avant-garde jazz structures.

Over the course of two and a half years, Francisco Mela, Hery Paz and Juanma Trujillo came together for rehearsals and periodic performances, both improvising and composing, to create a sound that transcends genre. The album features the band leader Mela on a variety of drums, Paz on saxophone and Trujillo on guitar, with each artist using their instrument in innovative ways, demonstrating their artistic curiosity and the deep collaborative connection between the band’s members.

The album's eight tracks vary widely in their structure and atmosphere, offering divergent interpretations of their influences. Many songs are rooted in traditional song forms, like the bright opener "Calipso" which features distinctive steel drums reminiscent of Caribbean calypsos. Similarly, the ballad "Naima" is grounded in a more traditional structure, opening with a yearning saxophone solo and slowly building towards familiar guitar chord progressions. Other tracks like “Sustain” are far more textural and experimental, deconstructing easy harmonies and rhythms in favor of a more challenging, discordant jazz that displays their creative range. Likewise, songs like “Vino” and “Baldor” represent the explosive possibilities of the group’s less restrained sounds, building up towards crescendos that border on rock, propelled forward by aggressive rhythms. The album’s centerpiece, "Suite for Leo Brouwer" is a slow-paced meditation through a series of musical vignettes, showcasing the ensemble's refined orchestral sensibility and its capacity for complex arrangement.

Throughout the album, Mela, Paz and Trujillo render their compositions as a unit, exploring their sound with confidence and ease. Creating dense events full of bright tones as well as remarkable moments of minimal instrumentation, the trio returns to many of the same reprises, rhythms and melodies that have come to define the Afro-Caribbean musical genre while carving out their own unique niche in a genre-fluid music world.

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released January 15, 2021

Francisco Mela: Drums
Hery Paz: Tenor Saxophone
Juanma Trujillo: Guitar

Recorded February 21, 2020 by Chris Gilroy at Douglass Recording, Brooklyn
Assistant engineers: Hillary Van Scoy and Amogh Agarwal
Mixed by Juanma Trujillo 
Mastered by Jeremy Loucas at Sear Sound, NYC

Artwork by Hery Paz
Graphic design by Sergio Vezzali

Tracks 1 & 6 by Juanma Trujillo (Adaure Publishing, BMI)), 2 & 7 by Hery Paz (BMI), 3-4-5 by Francisco Mela (BMI), 8 by Mela/Paz/Trujillo

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