Tania Maria’s voice on Tempo, as it is on any of her records, is as distinctive as Elis’ or that of Gal Costa’s, or indeed when the entire diaspora of Portuguese music is considered, as individual as that of Amalia...
Tania Maria – Tempo
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Bobby Sanabria Big Band – Multiverse
There are few drummers today who have as much energy and imagination as Bobby Sanabria. He is a percussion colourist of the highest order and his palette is so wide as to encompass all manner...
Ricardo Silveira – Storyteller
Ricardo Silveira is one of the finest guitarists in any dialect, be it his own Brazilian ones, or any other. He is much admired by other guitarists for his exquisite technique, lively expression and use...
Weber Iago – Adventure Music Piano Masters Series Vol. 3
According to the legend on the CD jacket, the Adventure Music Piano Masters Series was created by the label’s producers, Jim Luce and Richard Zirinsky Jr. A series like this must pose several challenges to...
Richie Zellon – Beatles: Afro-Peruvian Jazz Tribute
Covering Beatles music, while not a rarity, has either been a matter of artistic fawning, which is to say that the covering artist came off as rather a copyist than an original musician re-imagining Beatles...
Jane Bunnett: The Spirits Were Dancing In The Flesh
Concert Review of Jane Bunnett with very special guest Chucho Valdés by Raul da Gama – Saturday, October 20, 2012 – Koerner Hall, Toronto Notes were fluttering out of the bell of the diminutive bell...
Tom Szczesniak – Waltz For Bill
Toronto based pianist, composer, arranger and producer Tom Szczesniak has released his debut recording as leader; Waltz For Bill, an eleven track, straight ahead jazz record that features a large cast of supporting characters. “Something...
Mike Freeman Zona Vibe – The Vibesman
There are two exciting aspects to Mike “The Vibesman” Freeman; both are related to each other. But first: There is his elegant facility with the vibraphone. His is a singular voice with an easy, languid...
Choronto! An evening with Hendrik Meurkens
Hendrik Meurkens is listening to music. His keen ears are multi-tasking as he engages in a conversation with LJN Editor Danilo Navas, who is interviewing him and he is listening to the group on the...
Peter Appleyard and the Jazz Giants – The Lost 1974 Sessions
In his introduction to Peter Appleyard and the Jazz Giants: The Lost 1974 Sessions Appleyard said something that almost anyone in the world of music knew: Benny Goodman’s greatest talent was putting together great bands....