Auñamendi
After having spent some 4 years in Paris,
Josetxo Goia-Aribe made a recording along
with three other musicians from the French musical scene, François
Verly (percussion and drums), Marc Buronfosse (double bass) and
Jerome Rateau (piano), which would result
in his first recorded piece, with the title "Auñamendi".
This name is a reference to the Pyrenees in the Basque Language and here
Josetxo Goia-Aribe reveals the key and characteristics
of his musical talent as shown in the later discs. That is to say, the
ability to take elements from the traditional and popular music of his
native region and to transpose them into his own personal creations.
Michel Portal soon praised this first work
with some very apt comments which reveal the qualities of this saxophonist
from Navarra : " I sincerely appreciate this work by Josetxo, who,
without renouncing his own traditions, has managed to mould and shape
his own contemporary present-day world which is both personal and universal."
This record takes the listener on a journey through the Navarra territory
passing along different musical worlds from Carnival scenes to Pyrenean
melodies and different dances such as those of the San Fermin Fiestas.
All this wrapped within a wide specter of harmonies and rhythms and the
presence of the element of extemporization. This latter quality is that
which makes Josetxo part of the "New Musicians" and the world
of Jazz. Unmistakenly - and never better expressed- to that of European
Jazz..
