Back to Carlos Franzetti with New York Toccata (1985)

 

How could I have known to fully clear out and complete his works?   For the fourth time perhaps, I return to this remarkable Argentinian composer Carlos Franzetti.

New York info here.  It opens with the astonishing Arabesque, picking up right where Galaxy Dust left off:

Note that Joe Beck (posted on this blog a few months ago) plays guitar, and Paquito D'Rivera is on alto sax.

Then if you're not sufficiently blown away by the high level of composition, comes Imagenes Antes del Amenecer (Images before dawn):

Like, wow.  I still don't know how some can so perfectly blend together classical, jazz, and everything else musical humans have devised.  This to me is utter heaven, about as far away as you could get from Taylor Swift, and her "swifties" swiftly.  As with its predecessors, there are vocal tracks sung (quite proficiently, with a mild crooning vibrato) by baritone Carlos.