LATIN PARADISE FOR BASS AND PIANO

Xavier Foley
(b. Marietta, GA, August 9, 1994)

Composed 2021; 6 minutes

“I used to live in North Bergen, New Jersey, which is a Latin-American neighborhood,” Xavier says. “All I heard was Latin-American music. So, Latin Paradise shows my classical background and training mixed with my experience in North Bergen.” 

Enjoy Xavier’s rhapsodic sequence of variations on a minor key lyrical melody with a melancholy edge. In it, double bass and piano frequently chase one another in a contrapuntal dialogue. Eventually, the music slows to a meditation on elements of the theme during which the bass insists on a brilliant tango outcome – a souvenir from the place known as ’Havana on the Hudson.’