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5-Star Review – All About Jazz (USA) 

“I’d dare to say that Leandro is cut from Keith Jarrett-like cloth, prone as he is to a kindred passion for melody that prompts him to spontaneously vocalize when he can no longer contain it. That said, he is no copycat, as is made obvious by the wealth of original compositions that dominate the set. “O amor que se deu— Vassi n.2,” for one, opens with so much lusciousness of sound that one can immediately tell this trio is reaching beyond its triangulation as such into hidden emotional continents. The composing is top-flight as well, and reflects a vibrant mind behind the music that is mature beyond its years. Nothing here is forced, rushed, or compromised.”

 “Best Jazz Albums” –  Argonauta Magazine (Italy)

 Editor’s Pick – World Music Report (Canada)

“There are many moments on Alfa by the Leandro Cabral Trio when you just might feel that Glenn Gould has come to life, incarnated as a Brasilian pianist named Leandro Cabral. The pianist can play notes by caressing them as if his fingers were bird feathers. Then on a dime he can turn into a force of nature in a samba band, but never ever going at the keyboard with hammer and tong.”

Bebop Spoken Here (UK)

“Absolutely delightful example of today’s Brazillian jazz. (…) Composer of 7 of the 10 tracks Cabral is as adept with the (virtual) musical pen as he is with the piano. His compositions are melodic, at times almost Chopinesque, whilst his playing sounds like Bill Evans may have sounded had Bill Evans been born in Brazil.”

Chico Pinheiro – Guitarist and Composer

“Angola, Pernambuco, New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro, New York, Europe… what a wonder is to hear them all visited and masterly blended by this great brazilian pianist and composer. Bravissimo!”