Geni Barry Trio - I Want to Talk About You (2009)

Geni Barry is not a newcomer to the jazz scene. He is not a recent discovery either, at least not for those of us who have been following his trajectory for years as a player of any instrument that requires being hit with mallet or drumstick to release its notes. In this respect, Geni has become a consummate specialist on vibraphone, xylophone, marimba, and a few other minor instruments of this family. But it is the vibraphone he cherishes the most.
Being a self-taught musician, Geni has always professed great admiration for his friend Bobby Hutcherson, who gave him a few lessons and pointers which, gradually, he has assimilated and used with great skill to evolve his technique and become one of the best European vibraphonists in the neobop style.
Throughout his career he has shared the stage with many European jazzmen, including Georges Arvanitas, Luigi Trussardi and, most notably, Tete Montoliu. Geni found in Tete not only a good friend, but also the master who would influence his trajectory in jazz the most. His destiny was written, and today nobody dares dispute the natural talent of this veteran of jazz, who is so young in spirit. Helped by his innate intuition for jazz as an instrumentalist, Geni has developed the use of his own technical resources, which he combines in a peculiar, very effective way; those elements, together with his praiseworthy energy and a commendable sense of swing, imprint his performances with his very unique personality.
On this CD, recorded live, Geni Barry on vibraphone and marimba, Albert Bover on piano, and Horacio Fumero on double basstwo of the most faithful representatives of European jazzprove that following tradition does not equal reliving the past; it is just a healthy way of enjoying the present.