Time Shifter

Personnel includes: Giovanni Hidalgo (drums, congas, quinto, triangle, percussion, effects, background vocals); Jill Amesbury (vocals); Hamilton Jazz Sanchez (soprano, alto & baritone saxophones); Mario Rivera (soprano & tenor saxophones, trumpet, piccolo, flute); Jacques Schwartz-Bar (soprano & tenor saxophones); Eric Figueroa (trumpet, piano); David "Piro" Rodriguez (trumpet, background vocals); Lew Soloff, Richard Nant, Angie Machado, Nelson Jaime, Jerry Gonzalez (trumpet); Anders Bostrom (piccolo, acoustic & electric flutes); Ulli Geizendorffer (synthesizer); Eddie "Guagua" Rivera (bass); Johnny Almendra (drums); Carlos Rodriguez (bongos, guiro, cowbell, cascara, percussion, background vocals); Jose "Menengue" Hidalgo (cowbell, percussion, effects).
Personnel: Giovanni Hidalgo (vocals, quinto, marimba, drums, congas, percussion); Carlos Rodríguez (vocals, bongos, cowbells, guiro, percussion); Jill Amesbury, Piro Rodriguez (vocals); Mario Rivera (fiddle, flute, piccolo, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet); Anders Bostrom (fiddle, flute, piccolo); Jacques Schwarz-Bart (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Hamilton Jazz Sanchez (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Eric Figueroa (trumpet, piano); Richard Nant, Nelson "Gasu" Jaime, Jerry Gonzalez, Lew Soloff, Angel "Angie" Machado (trumpet); Ulli Geizendorffer, Uli Geissendoerfer (synthesizer); Andreu Johnny Almendra (drums).
Recording information: Studio Blue Jay Recording (1995).
Photographer: Rafi Claudio .
Arranger: Giovanni Hidalgo.
For Time Shifter, percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo is featured with groups ranging in size from nine to 14 pieces. Hidalgo presides over dense ensembles that perform a variety of complex frameworks with apparent ease. "From This Moment On" (which has an effective vocal by Jill Amesbury that at first seems out of place) and "Yesterdays" are the only standards. Among the many soloists are Mario Rivera on tenor, trumpeter Lew Soloff, flutist David Rodriguez, pianist Eric Figueroa, and trumpeter Jerry Gonzalez (on "Call of the Jungle Bird"). A rather creative set full of unusual twists and turns. ~ Scott Yanow