Guillermo Marigliano brings a kinetic charge to the jazz tradition in ‘My New Old Friends’, letting his guitar strings extend his reverence for the genre beyond the airwaves and into our cultural fabric. Fluid in his stylistic command, Marigliano traverses the shifting territories of jazz, infusing each phrase with tango tempos and South American rhythms, energising his arrangements with a warmth that never cloys. The single bleeds sentiment with intent; each note pulses with a lust for connection, allowing a blossom of newness to flourish within the classic idiom.
The polyphonic keys pulled into the arrangement prove Marigliano’s compositional instinct for innovation without erasing the roots. His decades leading projects such as ‘21st Century Latin Guitar’ and ‘New Latin Fusion Quartet’, releasing eight albums, and performing at international jazz festivals across Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, the US, and Belgium, coalesce in the refined confidence found here. As a soloist and collaborator, he has championed the fusion of jazz, tango, and Latin energy, making his output a living testament to the genre’s possibilities.
Off stage, Marigliano’s contributions run deep: composing for award-winning films, serving as an educator at ITMC, publishing authoritative guitar method books, and keeping the pulse of Los Angeles’ jazz scene alive at The Industry Café & Jazz. Now signed to The Sundial Agency, Marigliano continues to draw new connections through his playing, teaching, and creativity, cementing ‘My New Old Friends’ as a meeting point between nostalgia and discovery in contemporary jazz.
‘My New Old Friends’ is now available to stream on all major platforms, including SoundCloud.
Review by Amelia Vandergast
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