Pablo Bobrowicky - New York Connection

For this, his third album on Red Records, Argentinean guitarist Pablo Bobrowicky relocated to New York City, recruiting the increasingly ubiquitous pianist Edward Simon and bassist Eric Revis, along with drummer Bruce Cox. The resulting set demonstrates Bobrowicky's supple tone and tastefully executed conceptions. New York Connection is a fine album of contemporary mainstream music with plenty of appeal.

In a recent interview pianist Marc Copland described guitarist John Abercrombie as a direct descendant of Jim Hall's approach to guitar -- he thinks about what he's going to play before he plays it, what kind of chord he'll play and how it'll sound. The same description could easily be applied to Pablo Bobrowicky, an economical player whose every note seems carefully considered and judiciously placed. New York Connection doesn't break any new ground, but it sits comfortably in the mainstream, elevated more by the quality of the players than by the material itself.

While Bobrowicky's obvious Latin roots are in evidence on some of the compositions - most notably on the tracks Y Todavia la Quiero (Joe Hendersonand his own Afro-Cuban Some Changes, he has managed to transcend his roots. Latin music genres are clearly a part of who he is, but they don't dominate. He's just as comfortable with the soul jazz of Suns as he is with the more urban feel of NY Connection. (Adaption of All About Jazz review by John Kelman, 2005)