Scarlatti/ Aka Moon/ Fabrizio Cassol - The Scarlatti BookThe intrepid experimental jazz trio Aka Moon has represented an approach to jazz that has seen them collaborate with a multitude of artists from different backgrounds in their richly filled career. Their new collection 'The Scarlatti Book' is devoted to the music of Italian Baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti. Scarlatti's polyphonic rhythms and harmonic eccentricities present a rich landscape for Aka Moon's explorations accompanied by the pianist

All of these works are performed by current or former members of the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba

who had heard Owens with Buddy Rich in Chicago

The elegant and virtuosic work flows with a rich melodic stream of dramatic and lyrical quality

Fabio Barovero - Eremitaggi

the set evokes the bittersweet sense of something too bright or rare to last

Featured on this album are Monty Waters on alto saxophone

and his songs are full of fellowship

Astor Piazzolla / Et Al - Death of An Angel / Pampeana 1 / Cto for Oboe

and captures the essence of his style during a dynamically creative time in his career

The collaborative recordings of this acclaimed duo have been a major influence on Slavík since he first met them as a student at London's Royal Academy of Music

This 3-album set

From the age of sixteen he became a studio bassist at the Miami Sound Machine and TK Records studios in Miami where he also learned the art of sound engineering and worked on many sessions as an engineer