Archive for May, 2012
Meeco – Beauty Of The Night (Connector Records 2012)
The extraordinary songwriter and producer, Meeco’s new album, Beauty Of The Night comes with a hidden cautionary note which is not visible or audible until the first strains of the music is heard: It is an elementall...
Chilcano – Madera Corazón (Saponegro Records 2011)
Trumpeter Gabriel Alegría’s first album to attract attention was the sensational Nuevo Mundo, which featured his seminal sextet, an ensemble that included one of the greatest living Peruvian musical masters, Freddy ...
Yoel Diaz Cuban Jazz Session – Encuentros (Artic Records 2011)
For the young, expatriate Cuban musician to survive the many assaults on the character of his music from all ends of the musical spectrum must be a remarkable event. Surely it must take a rock-solid technique to preserve his ch...
Miguel Zenón – Alma Adentro (Marsalis Music 2011)
That Miguel Zenón has been recognized as one of the most exciting young alto saxophonists to break into the scene has been known for several years now. So it should come as no surprise when he released a third album, Alma ...
Naras Oblivious To The Obvious
The epic and historical blunder committed last April by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences was etched into the archives last week by the conspicuous absence of the 31 categories they pulled from Grammy consider...
Jazz in Puerto Rico
Even those with knowledge in jazz history may be surprised to learn about the great contribution of Puerto Rican musicians to this genre. The first recordings in jazz were made in 1917, and already the Puerto Rican musician/com...
Sammy Figueroa Latin Jazz Explosion – Urban Nature (Senator 2011)
Master percussionist, Sammy Figueroa is a two times Grammy nominee and member of Sonny Rollins band. With these credentials it is no surprise that his third release Urban Nature is an album full of intense harmonic and...
IL’ Jazz Club – San Juan, Puerto Rico
En octubre 15 del 2009 tuve la oportunidad de visitar Il' Jazz Club en su localización original, la Avenida Ponce de León, Rio Piedras. En aquella ocasión se presentaba el guitarrista Jorge Laboy, acompañado por Samuel Mora...
Jon Gold – Bossa of Possibility (Blujazz Productions 2012)
Jon Gold is one of the most exciting virtuoso pianists, imaginative composers and original orchestrators in art of two important musical idioms—Brazilian and American. The fact that he melds musical linguistics like that othe...
Enrique Fernandez – Cantos del Sexto Sol (Round Whirled 2011)
There is a visceral intensity to Cantos Del Sexto Col, the fiery album by reeds and woodwinds maestro Enrique Fernandez. This comes from the ferocious viscosity that swirls and swaggers in what appears to be a myriad o...
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