Introduction: The Rhythmic Map of José Guzmán For guitarist and composer José Guzmán, the distance between the academic rigours of...
Brazilian pianist, composer and producer Ricardo Bacelar opens up about Maracanós, his ambitious new collaboration with legendary percussionist Airto Moreira and special guest Flora Purim. In...
Amsterdam-based Cuban-born vocalist Estrella Acosta continues to expand her artistic horizons with Caminos – A Latin American Landscape, a vibrant and far-reaching recording with her ensemble...
From Havana to Ground Zero: How Ariacne Trujillo Survived and Found Her Sound Through Resilience, Classical Roots and Global Collaboration Intro (Editor’s note): From Havana’s classical...
For two decades, Tomás Peña has been an indispensable voice within the jazz community, especially in the Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean scene, shaping discourse as an...
For 20 years, Jazz en Dominicana (jazzendominicana.com) has been the heartbeat of the nation’s jazz scene. In celebration of this landmark anniversary, I connected with its...
I recently met via Zoom with Olivia Esther and Victor Prado, two of the founders of the Toronto-based Oná Ensemble—a Brazilian-Canadian chamber group that fuses jazz...
JUNO Award winner Ernesto Cervini is a sought-after drummer, composer and bandleader, and an influential presence on Canada’s modern jazz scene and beyond. He has documented...
In March of 2013, MoonJazz, a group made up of jazz musicians from Santiago debuted at the renown Fiesta Sunset Jazz. The group was led by...
When we were preparing various versions of the South Florida Dominican Jazz Fest in Miami, Peter Landestoy told me about the Florida-based Dominican saxophonist Luis Disla....
Zaccai Curtis is an accomplished jazz pianist, composer, and educator whose work stands at the crossroads of modern jazz and Afro-Cuban and Afro-Puerto Rican musical traditions....
A while back, Javier “Javielo” Vargas and I were talking about the status of many students from the National Conservatory of Music who were about to...
In mid-2020, Junior Santos, a Dominican percussionist living in Canada, contacted me to inform me that he would soon be presenting his album ConPambiche, which fuses...
Humberto Ramírez is one of the most influential and talented musicians in Puerto Rico, recognized internationally. Born in San Juan, Ramírez has played a crucial role...
I wanted something very special for the publication of our first Jazz en Dominicana: The Interview Series in 2024. When I was preparing the list of...
