Dani Rambla Quintet - Para querer (2002)

The debut release from the Dani Rambla Quintet is a fine one. He has blended the soft, intimate moments of his large jazz repertoire with the abilities and tendencies brought along to the formation by an all-star cast of young Spanish musicians from the current jazz panorama: the Basque saxophonist Gorka Benítez is here, adding the strong, yet gentle flourishes of horn, as is Catalan trumpet player Benet Palet, another Fresh Sound New Talent regular.

Here we find Dani Rambla in a soulful mood, taking in several of his own compositions, as well as the Rodgers & Hart masterpiece "I Didn't Know What Time It Was". Whether your taste is for the jazz of today of for the classicism of the sixites, "Para Querer" is a real delight.

Dani Rambla (p), Benet Palet (tp), Jordi Gardeñas (d), Gorka Benítez (ts), Joan Martí (b)