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.
Pablo Ziegler Trio: Jazz Tango
Unlike the tango, which – as a dance form – has a relatively clear, almost mathematical definition, there are really no words that can...
Eva Cortés: Crossing Borders
Although the release of Crossing Borders by Eva Cortés comes just two years after In Bloom appeared on Truth Revolution Records, it feels like...
El Eco with Guillermo Nojechowicz: Puerto de Buenos Aires 1933
The misty nature of this meditative, multi-layered music by Guillermo Nojechowicz on Puerto de Buenos Aires is most awe-inspiring. Moreover despite using palpably Argentinean...
The Isley Brothers and Carlos Santana: Power of Peace
The intense emotional worlds that the music of The Isley Brothers, Carlos Santana and Cindy Blackman Santana inhabit are engaged in a mighty collision...
Estrella Acosta: Mujeres de Luna
It should surprise no one that Jane Bunnett should call Mujeres de Luna by Estrella Acosta “Full of thought, heart and joy”. Miss Bunnett...
Oskar Cartaya Presents: Bajo Mundo
No matter where you look this year – at least in the realm of Latin-Jazz – you are unlikely to find a recording where...
Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround: Mr. EP – A Tribute to Eddie Palmieri
Much of the music that Charlie Sepúlveda has played over the course of his fascinating career as a professional musician has been such that...
Michel Camilo: Live in London
In the experiencing of a stage recording by Michel Camilo, such as Live in London, one must contend with a performance that has much...
Silvestre Martinez: Vengo de la Costa
From what seems to be a burgeoning Latin-Jazz environment on the historic West Coast of America, Silvestre Martinez is being warmly praised for not...
Hamilton de Holanda Quintet: Casa de Bituca
Idolising its heroes is nothing new in a country like Brasil that has been blessed seemingly with more of them than those in almost...
Aruán Ortiz Presents: Cub(an)ism
This record, Cub(an)ism by Aruán Ortiz is a mighty sojourn and follows a somewhat wayward hurricane-like path covering many continents. But if a survey...
Cal Tjader: The Very Best of the Concord Years
These recordings have captured the vibraphone artistry of Cal Tjader in what was to become the last years of his life. He was only...
The Night That Paco de Lucía Was Reborn
In a sense what Paco de Lucía once said about his beloved flamenco music came to pass on October 21, 2017, when, between 8:00pm...
Doug Beavers: El Arte del Arreglo
There has never been any doubt that Doug Beavers is among the most important artists in the burgeoning Latin-Jazz musical arena. But when he...
Patax Presents: Michael Jackson x 2
There are two remarkable Latin Jazz tributes dedicated entirely to Michael Jackson that are really worth adorning a library of music: Unity, the one...
Trio Ciclos Presents: Mobiles Vol. 1
While you will never hear the enormous struggle of the musicians of Trio Ciclos’ impulses to break free of some of the more binding...
Hilario Durán: Songs of Longing
Svetlana Boym was the Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literatures at Harvard University, lived between 1959 and 2015, and has been...
Adriano Clemente – Havana Blue
Adriano Clemente is an Italian multi-instrumentalist (who plays Columbian harp, piano and saxophone) and composer who has pushed his own horizons so much further...
TjaderAid – Cal Tjader Tribute: ¡Viva Cal!
This extraordinary recording by a group, ostensibly put together by the conguero Frankie Piñeiro, was meant to celebrate the music of the legendary Latin-Jazz...
The Paul Carlon Trio: Tresillo
The idea for a ‘sans-chordal-instrument’ trio may have come to Paul Carlon from Sonny Rollins’ piano-less ensembles over a period of time, but that...
