The appearance of a disk of Scott Hamilton is good news for jazz fans and for all genuine music lovers. In these times of tribulation, in which the experimental formalism and the music hybrid have replaced the interpretive strength as a framework for creativity, Hamilton is a benchmark of how you can achieve a personal style through a proposal without complexes, which assimilates the speech timeless jazz in its various genres and variations.

The choice of the repertoire of standards is the obvious symptom of this provision of Hamilton and his combo for concerts held in the Jamboree Club from Barcelona the days 17th and 18th of December 2010, some of whose performances have been selected for this album.

Live in Barcelona is a recording to catch the early catalysts of jazz, its classical fundamentals, its expressive potential, which allow the best tradition reconcile and overcome the emptiness of many experiences that are supposedly innovative and an indication of a aimless time.

Javier Vellón, jazz critic.