Early Sunday morning… I awoke to the pleasant surprise of a Google Alert in my email. I clicked to find Variety Magazine had published an article...
Francisco Fellové Valdés (October 7, 1923 – February 15, 2013), also known as El Gran Fellové (The Great Fellové), was a Cuban songwriter and singer. A...
Bobby Paunetto was an unforgettable composer, arranger, musician and recording artist. Latin Jazz Network honors him on the tenth anniversary of his death (8.10.10). His real...
Chapter four [final] of our series: 35th Jazz Plaza International Festival in Havana In recent months I found myself in profound reflection of the term “Ancient...
Sometime in the very near future, several of the jazz world’s best known writers and musicologists will meet in some obscure conclave to pool their extensive...
1930: The Orquesta Típica is out and the Conjunto is in The year 1930 marked a turning point in the development of popular Cuban music. Traditional...
Chapter three of our series: 35th Jazz Plaza International Festival in Havana Featured photo: Los Muñequitos de Matanzas at El Tablao in Havana, by Danilo Navas...
Chapter two of our series: 35th Jazz Plaza International Festival in Havana Featured photo: Callejón de Hamel – La Habana, Cuba, by Danilo Navas The legendary...
Andy González [January 1, 1951, The Bronx, New York – April 9, 2020] was a New York City-based double bass player. González was a respected and...
Chapter one of our series: 35th Jazz Plaza International Festival in Havana Featured photo of Brenda Navarrete by Danilo Navas – 35 Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza...
Inspired by his South Bronx Afro-Cuban roots, percussionist Ray Mantilla rose to prominence in the early ’70s, performing with a host of prestigious bands, and eventually...
Omar Sosa knows how to make an entrance. Wearing a white kaftan, matching skull cap, and adorned with a Santeria collare (collar) and bracelets on his...
In the newly-crowded world of Afro-Caribbean music, where instrumentalists have always reigned supreme, the singularity of the composer is suddenly in the limelight. We are not...
Not long ago, I was interviewing two important contributors to the world of American music and letters – Eddie Palmieri and the other was Joe Conzo...
Brazil meets Cuba, a time for Markham and GTA residents to come in from the cold for what was promised to be some hot sounds on...
