Costa, Dan
Dan Costa, 2022, CD
Instrument: Piano
Issue: 28.4
Jazz Ruler Type: Fusion
Performance: 4
Sound: 3
Score: 78
O’s Notes: Dan Costa is a pianist and composer with European roots and influences from his education in France, Brazil and Boston. He assembles a strong team including John Patitucci (b), Dave Douglas (t), Dave Liebman (s-sax), Teco Cardosa (a-sax), Mike Stern (g) and Hermeto Pascoal (perc). The rich sax tones on “Acalantando” complement Costa’s fine work on the keys. Beams is nine views of amazing light, through music. This is a team that listens to each other, allowing the accents to stand out in a warm presentation. We enjoyed “Sparks of Motion”, “Cypress”, “Paw Prints” and “Então” with scatting from Anne Boccato on the latter two.
Publicist: Two for the Show Media