Raul da Gama
Canadian writer. Based in Milton, Ontario, Canada, Raul is a musician and an accomplished writer whose profound analysis is reinforced by his deep understanding of music, technically as well as historically.
Alex Cuba: Sublime
If some of you, like me, devour a new recording even before you first play it, turning the package over and over in your...
Daymé Arocena: Voice of a Volcanic Heartbeat
When Jane Bunnett introduced a young Afro-Cuban vocalist Daymé Arocena as the first led singer of her seminal all-woman ensemble Maqueque we knew someone...
Roberto Fonseca: When the Fingers do the Chanting
The pianist Roberto Fonseca stands quite apart from the plethora of impressive young pianists to come out of Cuba since the era between Bebo...
Carlos Sarduy: Luz
Carlos Sarduy is a considerably decorated trumpeter, having won a Grammy, two Latin Grammys and a clutch of other award for his inventive work...
Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra: Puertos – Music From International Waters
Editor's Pick · Featured Album
Reviewing music can be a vexing experience. Often recordings that bode well on paper disappoint somewhat in reality. And then...
Chick Corea – The Spanish Heart Band: Antidote
Editor's Pick · Featured Album
For young, aspiring pianists, Chick Corea and his music might easily be considered “essential study”. His breathtaking oeuvre offers so...
Negroni’s Trio Presents: Acústico
Negroni’s Trio is somewhat unique among piano trios. Bring culturally informed ideas not only by Afri-Caribbean music, but also – in its being influenced...
Chris Trinidad: Chris Trinidad y Con Todo
In the sonic scheme of things – not to get too wrapped up in similarities and differences between the sound of El Barrio and...
Sorte! – John Finbury ft. Thalma De Freitas
Editor's Pick · Featured Album
Two albums into his worshipful “Brasilian sojourn” John Finbury has written six new songs that further declare his abject love...
Kiki Valera: Vivencias en Clave Cubana
It’s odd to think that a recording in 2019 could be deemed to have become “historic” upon its release, but this one - Vivencias...
Carrera Quinta: Traslaciones
Ever since I can remember it has become commonplace for any music that combined Afro-Caribbean rhythmic tempi with the improvisational aspect of Jazz to...
Raquel Cepeda: Passion – Latin Jazz
There is a breathtaking array of music on this album Passion by Raquel Cepeda – music from an array of South American traditions as...
Michele Rosewoman’s New Yor-Uba: Hallowed
Of all of the utterly unique aspects of the music of Michele Rosewoman’s New Yor-Uba, some are more breathtaking than everything else. Firstly, to...
Alberto Lescay & Formas: Escape
The title Escape has an intriguing ring to it. Escape from what, you might ask? And then the music begins and you get the...
Paquito D’Rivera and The United Nation Orchestra: A Night in Englewood
This album was made at the time after Paquito D’Rivera had inherited what was left of Dizzy Gillespie’s seminal United Nation Orchestra and just...
Ernesto Vega: Tradition and Beyond
All that is unusual and unexpected about this recording – even before you get to listen to a note of it – is encapsulated...
Roberto Lopéz: Kaleido Strópico
Latin Jazz has always been the music of inclusion and few embody this aspect of the music better than the Colombian-born Canadian composer and...
César Orozco | Jorge Glem: StringWise
César Orozco and Jorge Glem reveal their purpose in life even before a note of music is performed on StringWise and it is this:...
Adriana Ospina Presents: Respirar
You know immediately from the first notes sung by Adriana Ospina in her characteristic pure, gilt-edged voice, that she is an artist of the...
Pablo Lanouguere Quintet: Eclectico
The composer and bassist Pablo Lanouguere comes from a small, yet burgeoning group of younger musicians who, although originally hailing from Argentina, seem inspired...