“Ray Barretto, percussionist and conductor, known throughout the world as Manos Duras, belongs to a generation of children of Boricua immigrants who settled in the Big...
In late October of 2016, the world looked forward to listening to one of the most awaited salsa albums in history, interpreted and produced by one...
The Battle has begun, the Battle of… Titans! The Grammy Award winner Doug Beavers brings us his exquisite, new album, Titanes del Trombón, a tremendous musical...
In 2013, at the great salsa festival “Salsa al Parque” in the city of Bogotá, I had the privilege of listening to one of the most...
With “Songo 7”, the first song of this album, you realize the tremendous talent Mr. Romanos and his band have for playing with heart and soul...
As I jazz lover it will always be a pleasure and a privilege to write about Henry Mancini´s music, the ingenious composer and arranger who shook...
As soon as I played the first track on Mr. Shiner and the BloomingTones Big Band ´s debut album, I was astonished by the powerful, pure...
Chronicles, Portraits and Interviews about Salsa Music in Bogotá – Many people, including some music lovers, assume that the city of Cali and the Caribbean and...
Explosion of Latin taste and enjoyment is what Banda La República brings us with his new album “Fiesta Elegante”. Led by the brilliant composer, arranger and...
After many years of being together during that poignant period when the powerful and contagious sound of Joe Cuba was playing everywhere, Rubén Blades and Cheo...
This disciplined and wonderful pianist and bass player brings us another tremendous recording project. This is an eight-piece album where Mr. Funkhouser...
You will not be able to stop dancing when you listen to the first few seconds of this master album Baila Que Baila, creatively produced and...
Venezuela will host another edition of the Barquisimeto International Jazz Festival. The city of Barquisimeto, province of Lara, will celebrate the eighth edition of this prestigious...
Final Night at Birdland is the spectacular new album by Arturo O’Farrill and the legendary Chico O’Farrill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra, performing their last concert at...
Tonada is María Márquez’s new album, a poignant and impeccable tribute to traditional Venezuelan rhythms, in a marvelous fusion with elements of the jazz language. The...
