Signed to Warner Bros. in 1977, Farrell, who had been a valued sideman, had also released a few albums under his own name. On CTI, he released albums like Moon Germs, Song of the Wind, and Outback. But like many artists of his type, he was only as good as his producers and the album's premises. Ralph McDonald and William Eaton produced La Catedral Y El Toro. Despite the authoritative title, this is a fairly standard fusion set. The title track aims for Chick Corea-like expansion and excitement, but the production renders it listless, even Stanley Clarke's bass solo sounds enervated. "Promise Me Your Love" is trademark low-key and soothing McDonald and Eaton, with guitarist Eric Gale and Richard Tee's keyboards ably assisting Farrell's fluid soprano and tenor sax solos…

Not to be confused by the Cuba-born and American-based architect, Jorge Pardo is one of flamenco's most innovative instrumentalists. Known for his fluid and relaxed approach to the flute and tenor and soprano saxophones, Pardo has been one of the leaders of the "new flamenco" movement. A longtime member of the Paco de Lucia Sextet, Pardo has continued to explore the possibilities of his wind instruments as a soloist. While flamenco remains the foundation for his music, Pardo has developed a unique sound by incorporating elements of jazz and Carbbean and Afro-Cuban rhythms.

There are artists and musical - or, more generally, artistic - projects that transcend each person's personal tastes, because of their objective importance inside a given scene. Within the 'progressive rock made in Italy' panorama, from the '90s to our days, in light of the quality and impact of their productions, Moongarden, led by multi-instrumentalist and music producer Cristiano Roversi, rightfully fall among the fundamental bands. With an impressive back catalogue and after a four year break, Moongarden have created an album that makes its apparent simplicity one of it main strengths, and that succeeds in accompanying the listener on a musical journey that one would like to never end…

Ten songs of Paco de Lucia played by Jorge Pardo (sax and flute) and Chano Dominguez (piano) and accompanied by Javier Colina (bass), Tino di Geraldo (drums) and Luis Dulzaides (congas, bongos and chekere).

Flamenco lays its stakes on collaboration projects. Saxophonist Jorge Pardo and guitarist Agustin Carbonell ‘El Bola’ have united not just their instruments but also what flamenco and jazz have in common on the album ‘Desvarios’. The recording, assigned by the label RTVE Musica for its collection ‘Jazz en Espaсa’, was done in March 2007 at the studios of Televisiуn Espaсola. Piano, contrabass, violin, percussion, clapping and cante accompany the two soloists.

Not to be confused by the Cuba-born and American-based architect, Jorge Pardo is one of flamenco's most innovative instrumentalists. Known for his fluid and relaxed approach to the flute and tenor and soprano saxophones, Pardo has been one of the leaders of the "new flamenco" movement. A longtime member of the Paco de Lucia Sextet, Pardo has continued to explore the possibilities of his wind instruments as a soloist. While flamenco remains the foundation for his music, Pardo has developed a unique sound by incorporating elements of jazz and Carbbean and Afro-Cuban rhythms. His album, 10 De Paco, recorded with Cadiz pianist Chano Dominguez, featured guitar-less reinterpretations of ten of de Lucia's compositions.

Not quite as solid as Todd Terry's always excellent remixes and singles, Ready for a New Day still benefits from several collaborations, with divas Jocelyn Brown, Martha Wash, and Shannon, as well as male singers like Roland Clarke (from Urban Soul) and Bernard Fowler (the Peech Boys, Rolling Stones). The appearance of his previous single "Something Goin' On" is welcome, as are two tracks with moderate breakbeats. Though most of the album covers previous territory, that's hardly a problem for a producer of Terry's stature and longevity.