LATEST CD REVIEWS
Michael Simon: Asian Connection
It’s easy sometimes to forget that the extraordinarily-gifted trumpeter and flugelhorn-player Michael Simon came from Venezuela. He has been making a living out of...
Phil Marucci: Next Stop Brazil
You would be forgiven if you thought you were listening to a Brasilian while playing Next Stop Brazil by Phil Marucci. The Portuguese is...
Coro Del Mundo
L. Peter Deutsch - 1: Dance to the Revolution, 2: Where Everything is Music; Conrado Monier - 3: Canto del Bongó; Adalberto Álvarez -...
Spanish Harlem Orchestra: Anniversary
For the last fifteen years few music ensembles have dominated the world of salsa like the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. So, it was only fitting...
Elio Villafranca: Cinque
The record package itself for Cinque is modest, but oddly impressive; its black cover has the title and Mr Villafranca’s name hand lettered across...
Bobby Sanabria: West Side Story (Reimagined)
Jerome Robbins’ seminal story of danger and the triumph of love, West Side Story inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet has been...
LATEST CD REVIEWS
Bobby Sanabria: West Side Story (Reimagined)
Jerome Robbins’ seminal story of danger and the triumph of love, West Side Story inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet has been...
Orquesta Akokán – Canta José “Pepito” Gómez
It takes more than academic proficiency in music to arrive at the source of its splendour and few American musicians know that better than...
Bobby Valentin & The LJs: Mind of a Master
One of the most iconic images of the Tropical/Salsa genre has been the fiery fingers of Bobby Valentin attacking the fret board of his...
Spanglish Fly: Ay Que Boogaloo
Jonathan Goldman is a proverbial renaissance man who has a doppelgänger -like kinship with James Joyce, but his specialisation is even more unique. He...
Adam O’Farrill’s Stranger Days: El Maquech
Perhaps the best raison d’être – albeit in a wonderfully twisted sort of way – is that it is “tethered to nothing”. This is...
Berta Moreno: Little Steps
Berta Moreno’s dream of coming to America, which she mentions in her impassioned notes that accompany the disc entitled Little Steps, have come true...
LATEST NEWS
Eddie Palmieri Releases New Album: Full Circle
A titan of Latin Jazz and Salsa music, Eddie Palmieri - known as “El Maestro” - is still making musical history. The multi-Grammy Award winning...
Luminato 2018 Is Here – June 6 to 24
Luminato is Toronto’s international arts festival dedicated to performance, media and visual arts, and programming that cuts across traditional artform boundaries. The 2018 festival takes...
Harold López-Nussa Releases “Un Día Cualquiera”
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...
UPCOMING EVENTS
Toronto Jazz Fest 2018 – Five Free Concerts You Shouldn’t Miss
Macy Gray
At the start of 2009 and ten years into her career, Macy Gray found herself a free agent and on the verge of...
Toronto Jazz Fest 2018 – Five Paid Concerts You Shouldn’t Miss
Seal featuring music from his new cd "Standards"
Much like the legends who originally popularized them, Seal sounds right at home singing the classics that...
Chano Dominguez Announces 2018 U.S. Tour Dates
Grammy-Nominated Flamenco Jazz Pianist Returns to West Coast & Select Cities in May and June
Chano Dominguez Quintet To Perform Flamenco Sketches and Debut Piano Ibérico
For over 40...
ARTIST PROFILES
Artist Profile: Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
The GRAMMY-award winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), led by pianist, composer, and director Arturo O’Farrill, brings together the drama of big band jazz,...
Artist Profile: Eddie Palmieri
Known as one of the finest pianists of the past 60 years, Eddie Palmieri is a bandleader, arranger and composer of salsa and Latin...
Artist Profile: Chano Domínguez
For over four decades, the Award-winning , Spanish-born pianist, composer, bandleader, educator Chano Domínguez has synthesized the blues-based, African-American improvisations of jazz with the...
FEATURED SOUNDCLOUD TRACKS
FEATURED YOUTUBE VIDEOS PLAYLIST
Eliel Lazo & Friends perform Descarga Habana - Santo Domingo
05:58
Spanish Harlem Orchestra performs La Salsa Dura
07:36
Eleggua - Daymé Arocena - Cubafonía (Official Video)
03:14
Roy McGrath Remembranzas Quartet - Plena Julia
09:42
Rachel Therrien - Pensamiento: Proyecto Colombia - Porque me pegas
08:00
Maite Hontelé ft. Orquesta Aragón - Casi Muero [Video oficial]
04:20
Cuerdas y Tumbao
10:05
Anat Cohen Quartet "In The Spirit of Baden" | Live Studio Sessions
07:38
Maureen Choi Quartet - "Ida y Vuelta"
07:39
Misty - Andy Gonzalez - Entre Colegas
08:09
Jane Bunnett & Maqueque - Café Pilon
08:22
Alfredo Rodriguez featuring Ibeyi - Yemaya
03:41