The wraithe-like voice of Camila Meza seems to come from beyond smoky, rolling hills somewhere in blood-soaked and beautiful Chile. Miss Meza has absorbed everything from...
It is easy to appreciate the elegance and glorious virtuosity that Roger Glenn displays across the range of instruments. Like his illustrious father he is a...
Dave Bass has every reason to flip the “trio” script. He means to change his musical language and dialect subtly but forcefully, into the southern half...
Do not be fooled by the seemingly casual nature of the title of this album – Passing By – the song itself is an eminently graceful...
It is – and always be – perplexing why in cultural topography as vast and variegated as Brasil is, why contemporary musicians seem to gravitate towards...
Those of us who have – with wide open ears – listened consistently to Adrien Brandeis have witnessed the rise of one of the truly individual...
There is extraordinarily little, by way of anticipation, that can prepare one for the ferocious energy of Odyssey Mixtape from the pianist and composer José Luiz...
With the release of Bossa+ the carioca musician Sergio Pereira has added six atmospheric charts [and one resurrected from the catalogue of Harry Warren – and...
Every time that the inimitable Mafalda Minnozzi produces a new Brasilian recording she sets the bar higher – putting that bar so much higher that only...
The mature elegance displayed by pianist Renee Rosnes on Crossing Paths brings a luminous pianistic grace, often dappled by vocals marked by Elysian liquidity. Her musicianship...
One could spiral into a frenzy trying to define this music on Salsa de la Bahia Volume 3: Renegade Queens, let alone trace its origin and...
Wisely indeed Duduka Da Fonseca and his Trio have departed from the usual practice of many expatriate Brasilians of filling an album with songs by Tom...
Canada, home of one of the largest populations of Cubanos, boasts [among them] two of the best percussionists living in this country. One of them certainly...
Alex “Apolo” Ayala is right in suggesting [concurring, actually, because all the masters of Puerto Rican music before – and contemporaneous with – him have not...
Many young artists, especially in the music we call Latin-Jazz – pianists, trumpeters, saxophonists and others – find themselves forging careers in well-structured world, with established...
