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Robbie Kwock's unique sound combines Latin jazz with Robbie's straight-ahead style in the manner of Miles Davis, handed down from Robbie's study under Johnny Coles, who inherited a strong influence from Miles. Co-leader Melecio Magdaluyo contributes several original compositions along with his versatility on alto, tenor sax, flute, and clarinet.
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Joining Robbie and Melecio for this CD is a collection of some of the best jazz musicians the Bay Area has to offer, who all are personal friends of Robbie, and regularly work and play together in a variety of different groups and venues.
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Featuring: Murray Low, Ron Belcher, Paul Van Wageningen, Calvin Keys, Jesus Diaz, John Calloway, Pete Escovido, Eddie Marshall, Jeff Chimenti, John Santos, Marc Van Wageningen, Al Bent, Deszon Claiborne, Josh Jones, and Wayne Wallace.
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Just confirmed: Robbie and Melecio will appear on July 13 at Herb Wong's Friday night Summer jazz series in the new plaza in front of City Hall in Redwood City. The music goes from 6 to 7:30. You can buy food and drinks in the adjacent shops, or you can bring your own picnic basket and bottle of wine. There's a limited number of seats, so bring a low-backed chair just in case. And it's rain of shine, moving indoors when the weather is threatening. Don't miss the fun and the great jazz!
The new CD, "Halad" is now on sale at Hear Music stores in Berkeley and in Palo Alto (Stanford Shopping Center), which has a listening station where you can check out the whole CD. Look for the bins marked "Robbie Kwock". Go to the www.hearmusic.com link below for store locations.
"Halad" has been getting a lot of air play on KCSM. If you can't tune in to 91.1FM around the Bay Area, log onto KCSM.org and listen on line directly from the College of San Mateo Campus, using the link below. Also, you can hear it on KSJS and KPFA and their streaming audio web sites.
There was a very nice review in the March issue of Latin Beat Magazine by regular contributor Jesse "Chuy" Varela, who has also praised Robbie and the CD on his radio program on KCSM. All of us appreciate the kind words! You can view the highlights of the current issue on-line using the link, below, but for for past issues, you may need to order them from the publisher.
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