Entrevías
José San Martín
1. La Planta Emisora 05:12
2. Hola! 02:38
3. Porteño 01:54
4. Ritmo Solo Ritmo 02:38
5. Seteando 03:20
6. Candombejazz 02:40
7. Marcelo 04:24
8. Murgueado 02:12
9. Funkoso 01:45
10. Escobero Oriental 03:18
11. Imágenes 02:26
12. Funkdombe 2 02:04
13. Entrevías y Lavapiés 04:24
ABOUT
"Entrevías is the neighborhood, the station... and the sound framework of the present recording..." JOSÉ SAN MARTÍN.
“Entrevías” is a World Music experience that looks especially towards that corner located in the southern hemisphere of the planet, on the Río de la Plata, where the great candombe, murga, jazz, funk and other styles actively coexist.
Entrevías
La Planta Emisora (José San Martín)
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MUSICIANS
Hugo Fattoruso – Keyboards on 1 and 10, Accordion on 10
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Santiago Greco – Bass on 3
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Juan San Martín – Bass on 5 and 7
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Marcelo Peralta – Tenor Sax on 7
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Federico Righi – Bass on 8 and 13
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Albana Barrocas – Chekerés on 10
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Toto Sobieski – Bass on 12
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Tato Moraes – Guitar on 13
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Sergio Menem – Cellos, Portuguese Guitar, Vocals on 13
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José San Martín – Drums on all tracks, Djembé, Larkin Drum, Caxixis on 1, Drum Piano on 6 Darbuka, Cymbals on 10, Darbuka, Gullies, Vocals on 13
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BACKGROUND
JOSÉ SAN MARTÍN
Uruguayan drummer and percussionist. He studied in Montevideo with Sergio Faluótico and in Boston with Ed Uribe (a professor at Berklee College of Music), though the rest of his training was self-taught. He has resided in Spain since 1992; he has worked for the EMC (Escuela de Música Creativa) in Madrid and the Level Music School in Zaragoza, gives private lessons, and is an in-demand session musician.
His career includes live performances and recordings with Hugo Fattoruso, Federico Lechner, Santiago Reyes, David Defries, Ensamble Nuevo Tango, Jorge Pardo, Andy Phillips, Jorge Drexler, Jerry González, Luis Salinas, Olga Román, Carmen París, Gladston Galliza, El Güevo Big Band, José Reinoso, Antonio Serrano, Ara Malikian, Afrodisian Orchestra, Flavia-N, Germán López, Gabriel Szternsztejn, Arturo Lledó, Leonardo Amuedo, Toninho Horta, Mauro Senise, Paulo Russo, Armando Marçal, Franco Luciani, Chuck Loeb, Carmen Cuesta, Miyuki Onitake, Andreas Prittwitz, Rachelle Bentley, Oscar Feldman, Marcelo Peralta, Fred Martins, Leo Minax, and Chema Saiz, among others. He has released several albums under his own name and as a co-leader of various ensembles. His current project is a South American jazz quartet featuring Santiago Greco, Jorge Vera, and Lisandro Mansilla.
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
Hugo Fattoruso “Oriental” 1990
Pollo Píriz/José San Martín “Gaia” 1992
Jorge Drexler “La luz que sabe robar” 1992
Screamin’ Mimis “Eat the World” 1997 Juan San Martín “Take one” 1997
José San Martín “En esta esquina” 2000
Federico Lechner “Esba….bagui” 2002
Screamin’ Mimis “Live at the Half Note” 2002
José Reinoso “Candombe influenciado” 2005
Gladston Galliza “Fascinio” 2005
José San Martín “Artesano” 2006
Gladston Galliza “Idas e idas” 2007
Mora/Goicoechea/Righi/San Martín “Intuitivo” 2007
Coco Fernández “La cabeza sonando” 2007
Triovivo “Triovivo” 2007
Juan San Martín “Línea de flotación” 2007
Flavia-N “Onde é que o caminho sai?” 2009
Afrodisian Orchestra “Mediterraciones” 2009
Gabriel Szternsztejn “Cosas sin decir” 2009
Germán López “Silencio Roto” 2009
Olga Román “Seguir caminando” 2011
Miyuki Onitake/Gladston Galliza “Alvorada” 2011
Ghost Town Quartet “Nirvalería” 2011
Rachelle Bentley “Christmas Gift” 2011
Old Friends “Qué importa el final” 2012
Gladston Galliza/José San Martín “Tres calles” 2014
Marina Lledó “Noche Rara” 2015
Tr3spuntocer0 ”Con plomo” 2015
José San Martín “Otros Palos” 2015
José San Martín “Tocador” 2016
Arturo Lledó “Antes y después” 2016
San Martín/Righi/Moraes “Trío” 2019
Coco Fernández “Cuerpo” 2019
Gladston Galliza “5.2” (DVD) 2020
Toto Sobieski “Segundo tramo” 2021
José San Martín “Entrevías” 2022
Drums recorded one day in September 2016 while testing an audio interface. After a few years, on some of them, musician friends recorded their parts in a rather improvised way, just as the drums had been recorded. The guest musicians recorded at their homes (or so I think!) in 2013.
«Seteando» recorded by Juan San Martín in 2013.
«Marcelo» is an improvisation of the trio Tr3spuntocer0, during the recording of the cd «Con Plomo» recorded by Juan San Martín in 2015, in memory of my great friend Marcelo Peralta.
LINER NOTES
Entrevías, by José San Martín
Entrevías is a very enjoyable album with several characteristics that make it special. It emerged and evolved in a way that is not common in the musical world: its foundations were drum recordings, made spontaneously by José San Martín, with the aim of testing an audio interface.
Later, the musician decided to invite some of his friends to record, also improvisedly, on top of those bases. The result is this album that is being released by Koshkil Records. Its quality and sensitivity make it a must-listen. “Entrevías” opens up to the audience a different sensory universe and the possibility of delving deeply, but without density, into the magical planet of drums. It has 13 themes and 5 of them are drumming moments. It is worth clarifying that they are brief, the longest being 2 minutes 40 seconds long. In these 5 rhythmic spaces it is evident that José San Martín does not create «just rhythm» (Solo Ritmo) but also «images» (Imágenes) and frameworks that take us to the experience called candombe, jazz, funk and more. In the other 8 tracks, mostly duets, there’s the enjoyable participation of great musicians, among whom the participation of Hugo Fattoruso stands out. He is one of the highest musical authorities of Uruguay, the native country of San Martín. Fattoruso, who is co-author of two themes, has the peculiar ability to expand the color spectrum, contributing with his unmistakable imprint of presence and freedom with both the keyboard and the accordion.
It may call the listener’s attention the wide range of great bass players who participated in 6 of the tracks. Each one with his professional imprint and distinctive sound makes listening to this album a fascinating bass adventure. Only one of the tracks has guitars, played by Tato Moraes and Sergio Menem, and the wide sound palette is completed with the sax of Marcelo Peralta (RIP), the chekerés contributed by percussionist Albana Barrocas, the cellos and voices of Sergio Menem, and other contributions of voices and percussion by José San Martín (djembé, Larkin drum, caxixis, piano drum, darbuka and krakebs). Similar to some literary styles, this album invites you to listen to it in more than one way. First, logically, in the order proposed by the author. You should also listen separately to tracks 2, 4, 6, 9 and 11 and immerse yourself in the world of percussive exclusivity. Also, do not miss the joy of listening while investigating the kaleidoscope of experience with the bass players in the songs: 3 (Santiago Greco), 5 and 7 (Juan San Martín), 12 (Toto Sobieski) and 8 and 13 (Federico Righi). “Entrevías” is a World Music experience that looks especially towards that corner located in the southern hemisphere of the planet, on the Río de la Plata, where the great candombe, murga, jazz, funk and other styles actively coexist. José San Martín and all the participating musicians offer the listener a new experience of excellent quality. This album, which originated and was ellaborated in the authenticity of improvisation, implies a concrete and valuable contribution to music.
Commentary Patricia Schiavone