Daniel Garcia Trio: Travesuras

ACT Music

Spanish pianist Daniel Garcia regards flamenco and jazz as “brothers”, and there’s plenty of fraternal energy here, with Garcia crisply accompanied by double-bassist Reinier Elizarde “El Negrón” and drummer Michael Olivera. Apart from an impassioned opener by Paco de Lucia and Camarón, all compositions are by Garcia, including Dream of Mompou, inspired by Catalan composer Frederic Mompou, providing four lyrical solo interludes between muscular trio excursions. Alegrías

pa Averío and La Communidad fully capture the staccato dash of flamenco, Olivera’s percussion flickering alongside Garcia, while flautist Jorge Pardo joins two tracks, vividly colouring the title tune’s percussive exuberance and the explosive Vengo

de moler. In contrast, Dream of Miles is a measured piece inspired by the great trumpeter, while the warmly reflective

Oniria is startlingly interrupted by a three-year-old Garcia and his mother, recorded by her back in 1986.