Roberto Tola - Colors (2020)

Listening to Roberto Tola's new album, we have found ourselves immersed in an adventure full of colors, as its title “Colors” shows us.

Our "adventure of colors" begins from the freshness of the first chord we hear in "Time and Place", and this means discovering the great variety that Roberto Tola offers us throughout the album, which also has very special collaborations.

Thus we find Baladas such as “Sandro’s Song” (with Rocco Ventrella), “Laura” (with Mando Córdova); We continue with, Latin Jazz with the freshness of "Coco Loco" (with Michael Lington); Smooth Jazz with the wonderful “Time and Place” (with Darryl Walker) composed by Bill Sharpe and Jill Saward (Shakatak) completely arranged by Roberto Tola, with its fresh and rhythmic notes that you will want to listen to again and again. In Time and Place, Roberto Tola opens a dialogue with the guitar and the wind section where we find Ismael Dorado on the sax and Jorge Ro on the trumpet.

The last of our "Colors" is the Brazilian touch with "Prelude" (with Paula Atherton on the flute, Juan Carlos Mendoza on bass and Mickey Martinez on drums) ending the album with "Helwa Ya Baladi", an absolutely wonderful song that you want to listen to "Colors" again from the first song.

"Colors" is a wonderful adventure that will be available on May 29 and has already become the next essential album in any collection. A must have.
Pedro Carretero

Listening Roberto Tola's new album, we have found ourselves immersed in an "adventure" full of colors, as its title "Colors" shows us.

Our "adventure of colors" begins from the freshness of the first chord we hear in "Time and Place", and this means discovering the great variety that Roberto Tola offers us throughout the album, which also has very special collaborations.

You can find Ballads such as “Sandro’s Song” (with Rocco Ventrella), “Laura” (with Mando Córdova); continuing with Latin Jazz with the cool "Coco Loco" (with Michael Lington); Smooth Jazz with the amazing "Time and Place" (with Darryl Walker). It was writing by Bill Sharpe and Jill Saward (Shakatak)

and completely arranged by Roberto Tola, with its fresh and rhythmic notes that you will want to listen to again and again. In Time and Place, Roberto Tola opens a dialogue with the guitar and the wind section where we find Ismael Dorado on the sax and Jorge Ro on the trumpet.

The last of our "Colors" is the Brazilian touch with "Prelude" (with Paula Atherton on the flute, Juan Carlos Mendoza on bass and Mickey Martinez on drums) and the end of the album with "Helwa Ya Baladi", an absolutely wonderful song that you will want to listen to "Colors" again from the first song.

"Colors" is a wonderful adventure that will be available on May 29 and has already become the next essential album in any collection. A must have.
Pedro Carretero