The wife and I went to The Sage last week to see Roberto Fonseca, he is the Cuban Jazz pianist who we saw a couple of years ago touring with Gilles Peterson and his Havana Cultura Combo. Neither of us were much in the mood, my wife was exhausted through the stress of an interview for a job earlier that day( which she got by the way) and I was plain tired.
But we went anyway and at the end of the evening we were both glad we did . Fonseca had a lively group with him of Cuban, and African musicians and the set was based mostly on his latest album YO which explores his African influences. A bit bizarre to be seated listening to upbeat dance music but it worked. As is always at The Sage the acoustics were superb. Fonseca’s hands were at times a blur on his piano and keyboards and the percussion was absolutely stunning. We were planning on staying for the after party on the Concourse but we were knackered and so went straight home our minds and hearts lifted by the quality of the music and performance and stimulated by the sheer joy of the experience. We need to get out more to this sort of thing.
Roberto Fonseca’s album is available from Amazon and Emusic or even a record store if you are lucky to still have one where you are. Download it or buy it.You won’t be disappointed. He is still touring and you may catch him in York,Brighton or Bristol over the next week see here .
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