Jazz At The Pinehill Live In Europe (2000)

"Azerbaidjan native Amina Figarova is one of those jazz artists who is versatile enough to play electric pop-jazz one minute and acoustic bop the next. The pianist's straight-ahead side prevails on Jazz at the Pinehill: Live in Europe, which documents a 1999 concert in the Netherlands. This Dutch release bills Figarova's group as "the Amina Figarova Quintet featuring Dmitri Matheny," and that's an attention grabber because Bay Area flügelhornist Matheny is a jazz treasure. The lyrical Matheny has impressive chops, but it's his warmth and soulfulness that wins you over more than anything. You have to appreciate this CD's multicultural implications -- there's something nice about musicians who were born in the U.S., the Netherlands, and Azerbaidjan forming a hard bop quintet and acknowledging rhythms from Cuba and Trinidad along the way. Jazz at the Pinehill isn't as strong as Matheny's own albums, but it's still a solid, likable bop outing."(Allmusic).

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