As part of the Royal Conservatory 2012-2013 Season, ¡Qué Rica Cuba! Series, Cubano Be, Cubano Bop: Poncho Sánchez and his Latin Jazz Band featuring Christian Scott took place on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at Koerner...
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Cubano Be, Cubano Bop: Poncho Sanchez in Toronto
Grammy Award-winning conguero and bandleader Poncho Sanchez commemorates one of jazz music’s most influential collaborations. In 1947, Dizzy Gillespie and the great Cuban drummer Chano Pozo came together...
Poncho Sánchez and Terence Blanchard – Chano y Dizzy
For anyone who has watched the interview with Dizzy Gillespie where he describes his encounter with Chano Pozo, when the great percussionist first came to him with the raw, almost primordial ideas for the now...
2012 Latin Grammy Awards – Best Latin Jazz Album
The XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards (www.latingrammy.com) will take place at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Events Center on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, and will air live in the United States on the Univision Network from...
Poncho Sanchez – Live in Hollywood
Given all the ups and downs the music industry has experienced in the past three decades, it’s remarkable to find anyone who still retains a sense of allegiance or loyalty. Master Conguero, Band Leader and...
2012 Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest: Review
Thursday, March 29, 2012 The 22nd edition of the Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest started exactly at 8pm Thursday, March 29. (Usually this fest takes place the last week of May). The opening act for...
Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest 2012
Change of dates for the Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest 2012 The Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Festival celebrates it’s 22nd edition, starting March 29 until April 1 in the Tito Puente Amphitheatre, San Juan, Puerto...
Editor’s Picks – Best CDs of 2011
The drum and the horn, an inspired duet that played a vital role in the birth of Cubop. Poncho Sanchez and Terence Blanchard, two Living Masters in their own right, pay a heartfelt tribute to Chano Pozo and Dizzy Gillespie, two Masters whose legacy continues to expand in the ample vocabulary of Jazz music. Their musical spirits are more present than ever on Chano Y Dizzy! [...]
Poncho Sanchez, Terence Blanchard: Chano Y Dizzy!
For more than three decades as both a leader and a sideman, conguero Poncho Sanchez has stirred up a fiery stew of straightahead jazz, gritty soul music, and infectious melodies and rhythms from a variety of Latin American and South American sources. His influences are numerous, but among the more prominent figures that inform his music are two of the primary architects of Latin jazz – conga drummer and composer Chano Pozo and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie [...]
New CDs – September 2011 – Part 1
Poncho Sanchez and Terence Blanchard - Chano Y Dizzy! The drum and the horn, an inspired duet that played a vital role in the birth of Cubop. Poncho Sanchez and Terence Blanchard, two Living Masters in their own right, pay a heartfelt tribute to Chano Pozo and Dizzy Gillespie, two Masters whose legacy continues to expand in the ample vocabulary of Jazz music. Their musical spirits are more present than ever on Chano Y Dizzy! [...]
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