El Nuevo Día

“The desire to help the masses on the island better appreciate jazz has united the artistic expressions of Old San Juan's “piano man” and those of a pioneering Puerto Rican bassist bred in NY whose resume includes playing with Miles Davis and Bill Evans(…)

(...) the music flows naturally with a common thread uniting the beautiful melodies, the phrasings and solos. (...) the listener can truly appreciate the brilliance of Gómez and Muñoz' creative and expressive musical dialogue.

For Gómez, his collaboration with Muñoz marks the first step in their plan to push jazz in Puerto Rico (…) Both Sides Now is an impressive album that overflows with originality, fluidity and sentimentality, a truly remarkable artistic offering that gives new meaning to locally-produced jazz”.

El Nuevo Día
Rafael Vega Curry (2003). Jazz / El Nuevo Día, San Juan, P.R.

 

El Nuevo Día

As if we were in New York witnessing a be-bop or hard-bop or swing recital at the Iridium Jazz Club & Restaurant or at the basement of the Village Vanguard, the audience went dumb to the first cord Carli played at the grand piano(...)

His block cords, his dominion over the octaves, his fine digitation, and his expressive phrasing in tunes such as “Be my love”,“Katira Waltz”, -a romantic and passionate, pastoral love confession to his wife Katira- and his version of Consuelo Velázquez' Bésame Mucho earned the unanimous applause from a crowd that at the end did not know how to exit the event.”.

Jaime Torres Torres, El Nuevo Día (01/13 /2004), San Juan P.R.

 

El Nuevo Día

“Both Sides Now will be a melodic feast which will be highly appreciated by all jazz lovers. Also, it has the potential to please all of those who posses a special taste for good music, without the barriers of musical genre. We recommend it highly. Our grade in a scale from 0 to 5 radios: 5 radios.

Jaime Torres Torres, El Nuevo Día (01/16 /2004), San Juan, P.R.