Lulaworld 2013 – Presented by Lula Music and Arts Centre May 10 to 31: 16 Concerts! 5 CD Releases! More than 120 artists representing more than a dozen countries. Each May, the annual LULAWORLD festival...
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Best of 2012 – Recommended Recordings
2012 – Recommended Recordings (In Alphabetical Order) Selections by New York Co-Editor, Tomas Peña Afro Horn MX (AACE Records) – Afro Horn MX is the brainchild of Mexican drummer and composer Francisco Mora Catlett. The...
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...
Jane Bunnett with very special guest Chucho Valdés
Royal Conservatory 2012-2013 Season, ¡Qué Rica Cuba! Series, Jazz, Royal Conservatory Presents: Jane Bunnett with very special guest Chucho Valdés – Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 8:00 pm Celebrated Canadian saxophonist, flutist, composer, and Cubaphile...
Jane Bunnett – Mundo: The World of Jane Bunnett
“Happily, there are two new charts on this double CD. The first is “Gotcha”, a delightful song that mixes the New Orleans dirge with an ecstatic B side to the song. And then there is...
Mundo: The World of Jane Bunnett
Mundo: The World of Jane Bunnett To Be Released By EMI Canada On February 14, 2012 Double CD Retrospective Package Features 2 New Tracks Toronto, Ontario – January 13, 2012 – There are many possible...
More Noteworthy Recordings of 2011
Most fans, even aficionados of contemporary music, still only vaguely know the great trumpeter Claudio Roditi as the “Brazilian who joined Arturo Sandoval in Dizzy Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra”. It is a pity that Roditi’s musical reputation rests on so narrow a spectrum in his enormous musical career. Few know, for instance, that Roditi was one of the first Brazilian musicians to relocate in the United States of America: in 1970 as a matter of fact [...]
Jane Bunnett & Hilario Durán – Cuban Rhapsody
Both reeds and woodwinds maestro Jane Bunnett and piano virtuoso Hilario Durán have released enormously successful albums lately. Bunnett made Embracing Voices (EMI, 2009) with the celebrated Cuban a capela choir, Grupo Vocal Desandann. Durán recorded a masterful trio record, Motion (Alma Records, 2010)with bassist, Roberto Occhipinti and drummer Mark Kelso. The two musicians had not worked together in several years [...]
Jane Bunnett & Hilario Durán: Cuban Rhapsody
When two of the most acclaimed modern explorers of Cuban music combine their prodigious talents on the music they love, musical magic happens. That is demonstrated in truly enchanting fashion on Rhapsody Cubana, the debut duet recording by Jane Bunnett and Hilario Duran. They are both virtuoso players, arrangers, composers, and bandleaders in their own right, and they have the Juno Awards (and Grammy nominations) to prove it. Their shared musical [...]
JJA Announces Musical Lineup For Awards
May 3, New York City. Pianist Randy Weston headlines the artist lineup and tickets are now on sale at www.JJAJazzAwards.org for the 15th annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards gala, to be held on Saturday, June 11, from 1 pm to 5 pm EDT at City Winery, 155 Varick St. at Vandam in New York City [...]
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