Sublimely swinging sounds and Brazilia are created by warm toned clarinetist and tenor saxist Ken Peplowski as he teams with the gracious guitarist Diego Figueiredo on this sublime collection of songs. I saw this duo in concert, and the melodic chemistry was palpable; it’s calm and collected ambers that gently burn in the studio.
Peplowski’s rich and woody clarinet flutters over Figueiredo’s dancing fingers on Ellington’s “Caravan” and the two deliver impressionistic moods on a pastoral “A Little Journey” On tenor, Peps’ breathy smoke rings are blown give impressions of Stan Getz on the smooth “One Note Samba,” a bouncy “So Danco Samba” and a sublimely swinging “Stompin’ At The Savoy” as they reflect on the title track. Figueiredo does a nice aria as he solos on “Apelo” and produces a rich tribute on the Debussy-isque “Por Paco.” A wonderful pax des deux of souls