World Gardens

World Gardens
Studio album by Roberto Magris
Released	2018
Recorded	September 29, 2015, and November 1, 2016
Studio	Chapman Recording Studio, Lenexa, Kansas
Genre	Jazz
Length	77:01
Label	JMood JM-16
Producer	Paul Collins
Roberto Magris chronology
Live in Miami @ The WDNA Jazz Gallery (2017) World Gardens (2018) Sun Stone (2019)

World Gardens is an album by jazz pianist Roberto Magris released on the JMood label in 2018, featuring performances by Magris with his trio from Kansas City. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	[7]
All About Jazz	[8]
Concerto	[9]
Jazz ‘n More	[10]
JazzWax	[11]
JazzdaGama	[12]
Chicago Jazz Magazine	[13]
IAJRC Journal	[14]
Salt Peanuts	[15]
Jazzrytmit	[16]

The All About Jazz review by Dan McClenaghan awarded the album 4 stars and called its content "a variety of beautiful musical flowers", ^[7] while the more subdued All About Jazz review by Jerome Wilson awarded the album 3 ½ stars and noted it as "a fine representation of the scope and joy of (Magris's) piano abilities." ^[8]

Track listing

1. Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis) - 6:20
2. Pilgrim (Lackner/Nievergelt/Perkins) - 7:50
3. Blue Bamboo (Yunnan folk song) - 9:12
4. Another More Blues (Roberto Magris) - 5:13
5. Song for an African Child (Roberto Magris) - 7:56
6. Blues at Lunch! (Roberto Magris) - 7:49
7. Vse Najlepse Rozice / All the Most Beautiful Flowers (Slovenia folk song) - 4:02
8. High Priest (Andrew Cyrille) - 6:23
9. I’m Glad There is You (Jimmy Dorsey/Paul Madeira) - 9:19
10. Stella by Starlight (Victor Young) - 9:32
11. Audio Notebook - 2:59

Personnel

Musicians

• Roberto Magris - piano
• Dominique Sanders - bass
• Brian Steever - drums
• Pablo Sanhueza - congas and percussion

Production

• Paul Collins – executive producer and producer
• George Hunt and Robert Rebeck – engineering
• Abe Goldstien – design
• Giovanna Bissoli – painting
• Jerry Lockett – photography

References

1. "Roberto Magris: World Gardens". All Music.
2. "Roberto Magris: World Gardens". Roots Music Report.
3. "Roberto Magris: World Gardens". Jazz Week.
4. "Roberto Magris: World Gardens". JMood Records.
5. Mick Carlon. "Roberto Magris: Eyes to the Swinging Future". Jazz Times.
6. "Roberto Magris: World Gardens". Jazz Music Archives.
7. Dan McClenaghan (December 14, 2018). "Roberto Magris: World Gardens". All About Jazz.
8. Jerome Wilson (March 14, 2019). "Roberto Magris: World Gardens". All About Jazz.
9. Wolfgang Weitlaner (February 2019). "Roberto Magris: World Gardens". Concerto (in German). No. 1. p. 54.
10. Luca D’Alessandro (March 2019). "Roberto Magris: World Gardens". Jazz ‘n More (in German). No. 2.
11. Marc Myers (December 11, 2018). "Roberto Magris: World Gardens". JazzWax.
12. Raul D’Gama Rose (March 1, 2019). "Roberto Magris: World Gardens". JazzdaGama.
13. Randy Freedman (March 4, 2019). "Roberto Magris: World Gardens". Chicago Jazz Magazine.
14. Dick Raichelson (2019). "Roberto Magris: World Gardens". IAJRC Journal. Vol. 50, no. 4.
15. Jan Granlie (April 1, 2019). "Roberto Magris Sextet: Sun Stone". Salt Peanuts (in Norwegian).
16. Jouko Kirstila (November 19, 2018). "Roberto Magris Sextet: Sun Stone". Jazzrytmit (in Finnish).