Monday, May 7th 10PM at Le Poisson Rouge, NYC Featuring Andy Gonzalez and Libre, with guest jazz soloists Sonny Fortune and Steve Turre, Papo Vazquez Mighty Pirate Troubadours and Dave Samuels with the Dave Valentin...
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AfroBop Alliance – Una Más (OA2 Records 2011)
There is a sensuous, almost bordering on lustful, quality to the music on Una Más by the big band, AfroBop Alliance. Not that it is a bad thing at all; quite the contrary, the viscosity of the music is a result of the molten mix of bronzed horns and beautifully clouded woodwinds with elementally raw drums and percussion. The result is a saffron-coloured paella of swirling contra-danzas and soaring son-montuno and on event, a wistful bolero [...]
Chembo Corniel – Things I Wanted To Do (Chemboro Records 2009)
There is nothing like a swinging, stomping Latin-Jazz record laden with sensuous clave and robust horns and relentless, driving percussion to stir the senses. . And this is exactly what Wilson “Chembo” Corniel brings to life with Things I Wanted To Do. And this is also one more step in the journey for Corniel on his way to join the rarified space occupied by the likes of Tata Güines [...]
2nd Annual L. A. Latin Jazz Festival
Held every year on the 3rd weekend of May at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre, the goal of Nederlander Concerts is to present artists and music that have been recognized by the Grammys in the category of Latin Jazz and the Best Latin Jazz Album of the Year. According to event producer, Eddie Rodriguez, “We are preserving and bringing to ‘Angelinos’ a genre of music that dates back [...]