If the Crusaders had ever taken a dip in the warm waters of Ipanema, the result would be something about as gloriously spirited and jazz-chilled as WAVE HUNTER, a unique project combining the melodically and rhythmically varied talents of veteran pianist/composer Marcos Ariel with remarkable guitarist Enéas Marques and world-classe drummer/producer Roberto Alemão. Ariel’s 32nd album fuses classic, soul jazz, alternately easy flowing and percussively charged melodies and grooves and including adventurous vocalese, the collection is a musical love letter to the sea, created by three musicians who share a lifelong passion for the waves in Rio de Janeiro and on the California Coast.
