"Re-Introduction" available at The Jazz Record Center in NYC!
For the Album, Albert was joined by number of special guest including Ralph Peterson, Christian Scott, Jimmy Greene, Nick Roseboro and Andrew Lipow as well as both original members of the quartet Luques Curtis and Zaccai Curtis.
Brian Slattery "A fearsome young saxophonist"-New Haven Advocate
Frank Alkyer "part of the next wave in the jazz ritual" - Downbeat Magazine
Owen McNally "as a versatile composer, Rivera ranges from celebratory flag-wavers to luminous ballad pieces like "Greentones," illuminated with the iridescent classicism of a John Lewis piece." Hartford Courant
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"The Quartet"
The Albert Rivera Quartet has been 8 years in the making. Based in New York City, he is joined by the newest faces in jazz. He is committed in bringing new sounds to the public, keeping in mind where the music came from. Heavily based on John Coltrane's modal aspect, Albert writes most of the entire Quartets music, using grooves and rhythm as his base. Albert attended New School University Jazz program, as well as drummer John Iannuzzi, Luques attended from Berklee College of music, and Zaccai attended from New England Conservatory
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