Ian Faquini

Natalie Cressman, Ian Faquini – GUINGA (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:07 minutes | 822 MB | Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Latin Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © GroundUP Music

Born as Carlos Althier de Souza Lemos Escobar, Guinga grew up in Rio de Janeiro absorbing Brazilian contemporary and folkloric music as well as classical, rock, pop and Jazz. Having shaped a creative identity that embraces the signature energy of Brazil’s diverse artistic enterprise, Guinga’s legacy lives within the spirit of crafting a voice that’s essentially Brazilian while cultivating a vivacious universal appeal. A spirit lovingly captured by trombonist Natalie Cressman and guitarist Ian Faquini within their new GroundUP album GUINGA, releasing on April 12, 2024.

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Natalie Cressman, Ian Faquini – Auburn Whisper (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:16 minutes | 846 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © GroundUp Music LLC

This duo of trombonist, singer, and songwriter Natalie Cressman and guitarist, composer, and vocalist Ian Faquini is relatively rare in terms of instrumental pairings, but Auburn Whisper is their second, following 2019’s successful Setting Rays of Summer. This project, recorded during the pandemic months, gave them plenty of time to develop more expansive arrangements that blend traditional Brazilian rhythms. Oh, and they had the luxury of using the studio of Cressman’s dad, the renowned trombonist Jeff Cressman, who together with the duo, serves as co-producer.
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