Myriam Alter

Where Is There

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Album Details

Jaques Morelenbaum cello | John Ruocco clarinet | Pierre Vaiana soprano sax | Salvatore Bonafede piano | Greg Cohen bass | Joey Baron drums

With her album If (JENJ 3303-2), released in 2002, Myriam Alter created an amalgam of tango, classical, oriental and jazz elements, If was a huge success among listeners and sold very nicely as well. The Montreal Gazette said Alter “fuses her Judeo-Spanish background, with its Arabic influences and life-affirming Mediterranean spirit, and the sultry melancholy of Argentine tango in a jazzy framework. Five stars."

Alter's new album, Where Is There, starts off where If ended. This time she’s chosen Jaques Morelenbaum to be part of the equation, the great Brazilian cellist who so beautifully combines an authentic samba feeling with the intimacy of chamber music. Assisted by Ruocco's warm clarinet and Bonafede's tasteful piano voicings, this makes for a fine album that only improves with repeated listenings.