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Eddie Palmieri - Mi Luz Mayor

Eddie Palmieri: Mi Luz Mayor

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The spiritual nature of Mi Luz Mayor, with its metaphor of "The Light" is a magnificent big band recording by Eddie Palmieri and may...
Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider: Dreamers

Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider: Dreamers

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You can now declare Magos Herrera to be one of the greatest contemporary interpreters of song. Her consummate and sultry contralto is pitch-perfect and...
JALC with Wynton Marsalis - Una Noche con Rubén

JLCO with Wynton Marsalis: Una Noche con Rubén Blades

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The prospect of Rubén Blades performing with the mighty Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra during the 2014-15 concert season must surely have had music...
Miguel Zenón: Yo Soy la Tradición

Miguel Zenón: Yo Soy la Tradición

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It takes but a few bars of “Rosario”, the first chart of Yo Soy la Tradición, by composer and alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón to...
Carlos Franzetti and Allison Brewster Franzetti: Buenos Aires Noir

Carlos Franzetti and Allison Brewster Franzetti: Buenos Aires Noir

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The album Buenos Aires Noir by Carlos Franzetti and Allison Brewster Franzetti is being celebrated for its being considered as Best Classical Album for...
Gabriel Palatchi Trio: Made in Canada

Gabriel Palatchi Trio: Made in Canada

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Gabriel Palatchi has been touring the world, but found time about a year ago to stop by in his new home-base, Canada, to perform...

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Armando Romeu: Primer Concierto de la Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna

Armando Romeu: 1er Concierto de la Orq Cubana de Música Moderna

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The Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna was one of the early swing bands that rocked Cuba and it’s hardly surprising why. The big band...
Mike Freeman ZonaVibe: Venetian Blinds

Mike Freeman ZonaVibe: Venetian Blinds

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Mike Freeman and ZonaVibe pay wonderful homage to two of great vibraphone masters of musicians on Venetian Blinds; Tito Puente and Bobby Hutcherson. Tongue...
Omar Sosa | Yilian Cañizares: Aguas

Omar Sosa, Yilian Cañizares: Aguas

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Omar Sosa and Yilian Cañizares are both astonishingly gifted musicians whose reputations have been somewhat eclipsed (grossly unfairly, one might add) by those instrumentalists...
Ark Ovrutski: Journey Moments

Ark Ovrutski: Journey Moments

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Although by its suggestion of relative fragmentation the structural plan of Journey Moments by the contrabassist Ark Ovrutski follows a familiar enough trajectory encompassing...
Sergio Pereira - Nu Brasil

Sergio Pereira: Nu Brasil

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For the carioca, Sergio Pereira, playing on the Portuguese word “Nu” as the title of his album Nu Brasil and then following it up...
Harold López-Nussa - Un Día Cualquiera

Harold López-Nussa: Un Día Cualquiera

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Harold López-Nussa is a dynasty not only in Cuba, and ever since Ninety Miles (Concord, 2011), a recording that was facilitated by vibraphonist Stefon...

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David Virelles - Igbó Alákorin (The Singer’s Grove) Vol. I and II

David Virelles’ New Album: Igbó Alákorin (The Singer’s Grove) Vol. I & II

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Igbó Aláko?rin (The Singer’s Grove) Vol. I and II by David Virelles Igbó Alákorin (a phrase in Yoruba which can be loosely translated as The...

Craft Recordings to Release “The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions”

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Craft Recordings is proud to announce the release of The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions 5-LP and 5-CD box sets on November 9, 2018. Compiled...
Sebastian Schunke, Diego Pinera - Elusive Beauty

Sebastian Schunke | Diego Pinera Release New Album: Elusive Beauty

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What is beauty? Artists and scientists have been tormenting themselves with this question throughout the ages. Is it regularity? Naturalness? Perfection? Pianist and composer...

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Jane Bunnett & Maqueque 2018

Jane Bunnett & Maqueque All Stars at Koerner Hall in Toronto

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Jane Bunnett once again brings the soul of Cuba to the hearts of Canadian music lovers with current and former Maqueque band members, including...
Carlos Henriquez

Carlos Henriquez: The South Bronx Story (World Premiere)

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New York, NY (October 10, 2018) – Jazz at Lincoln Center announces Carlos Henriquez: The South Bronx Story, a world premiere concert by Jazz...
Etienne Charles - Carnival - The Sound of a People

Etienne Charles – Carnival: The Sound of a People

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Jazz at the George Presents Etienne Charles - Carnival: The Sound of a People During Carnival, the island of Trinidad becomes engulfed in a cacophony of...

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Carlos Henriquez

Artist Profile: Carlos Henriquez

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Carlos Henriquez was born in 1979 in the Bronx, New York. He studied music at a young age, played guitar through junior high school and...
Sebastian Schunke

Artist Profile: Sebastian Schunke

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For 15 years, Sebastian Schunke has been an energetic part of the international jazz scene. Schunke is one of the young leading Jazz composers...
Harold López-Nussa

Artist Profile: Harold López-Nussa

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For more than a half-century, the embrace between Cuba and the United States has been subject to an odd dance of politics, including a...

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