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Unheralded before now, the debut disc by pianist Alexis Marcello reveals a fully formed stylist whose 12 solos create something unique from an amalgamation of Jazz, improv, hip-hop and Latin inflections. Now 40-something, Marcello, who has a Panamanian mother and a Dominican father is an Afro-Latino from New York’s outer boroughs whose playing reflects formal studies, mentorship by Yusef Lateef and gigs with the likes of Daniel Carter, James Brandon Lewis and rappers. One strand… Read More