Raul Da Gama
Based in Milton, Ontario, Canada, Raul is a poet, musician and an accomplished critic whose profound analysis is reinforced by his deep understanding of music, technically as well as historically.
Tony Succar & Pablo Gil: Raíces Jazz Orchestra
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A big band project with Tony Succar and Pablo Gil at the helm has probably been in the making for...
Marlon Simon: The Music of Marlon Simon
Essential Albums Revisited*****
It took a while for Marlon Simon to launch his celebrated career as a leader of his own ensembles. He took the...
Miguel de León: Malandro
We have always known that Miguel de León can sing with equal facility in both Spanish and Portuguese, which can be a daunting task...
Duduka Da Fonseca & Helio Alves ft. Maucha Adnet: Samba Jazz and Tom Jobim
Thanks in large part to the inimitable drummer Duduka Da Fonseca and Family Adnet, the music of the great Brasilian maestro, Tom Jobim remains...
The Norwegian Wind Ensemble conducted by Steffen Schorn, featuring Hermeto Pascoal, Marcio Bahia &...
In matters of art – poetry, drama, music and painting – the “timelessness” of the art in question is effected by the fact that...
Antonio Adolfo: BruMa – Celebrating Milton Nascimento
Milton Nascimento remains one of the greatest musicians to come out of that country. He is revered and adored by Brasilians living in Brasil...
Brian Andres Trio Latino: Mayan Suite
It is not easy – by any stretch of imagination – for a drummer to restrain his instrument from taking over the musical soundscape...
Samuel Torres: Alegría
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In a world mad about Afro-Caribbean music, the name Samuel Torres may not be the first to come to mind,...
Gabriel Chakarji: New Beginning
The legendary Totó La Momposina, a musician of Afro-Colombian and Indigenous descent is at pains to tell anyone who will listen that there is...
Quatro: Music by John Finbury
John Finbury has long since displayed a prodigious gift for musicianship in all its forms – not simply popular forms, but also traditional and...
Mart’nália Canta Vinicius de Moraes
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Mart’nália sings in a voice like seda crua cara – expensive raw silk – and she makes the words of...
Duende Libre: The Dance She Spoke
Mother Africa – and everything that makes her ineffably beautiful – has probably never been as alive and the centre of attention since the...
Edson Natale: Âmbar – Os Afluentes da Música
It doesn’t take much any longer – not after Jurassic Park – to imagine how amber could be a miraculous, almost living crucible of...
Spanish Harlem Orchestra: The Latin Jazz Project
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In the nearly two decades of its existence, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra has come to be regarded as one of...
Mart’nália: The Art of Love and Beauty in Music
Mart’nália’s eyes are like large, limpid pools. They draw you into their world. Once you’re in, the quietude of this portal opens out into...
Mafalda Minnozzi: Sensorial [Portraits in Bossa and Jazz]
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It is rare – very rare indeed – that a foreigner singing Brasilian music in the native Portuguese language could...
Jazz Plaza 2020: Abrazando la Cultura del Jazz
Capítulo 1 de la serie: Edición 35 del Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza en La Habana
Autor: Raul da Gama / Traducción del inglés: Oscar Montagut
La...
Jazz Plaza 2020: Ancient to the Future
Chapter four of our series: 35th Jazz Plaza International Festival in Havana
In recent months I found myself in profound reflection of the term...
Francesco Cataldo: Giulia
The pairing of a piano and a guitar – though not so rare in popular music of any style – makes for unusual and...
Arturo O’Farrill | The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra: Four Questions
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To say that the art of Arturo O’Farrill is “fascinating” would be telling only part of his story, for Mr...