There is an infectious effervescence about the music on Punto de Partida by Hugo Cruz and Caminos, and this is perhaps, the most winning aspect of...
The West Coast of the United States has had a rather long – and celebrated – association with the music of Brasil. Rique Pantoja is tapping...
To call this album Entre Amigos by Günther Brück magnificent and brilliant – or using another superlative epithet to describe the repertoire on it would be...
Carlos Cippelletti celebrates the Cuban part of his gloriously evocative, mixed heritage with great expressive freedom in the magical repertoire on his album, Hybrid/C. The works...
Where Next? The title of this disc seems to ask an existential question that many musicians might ask themselves. But do not be under the impression...
Who thought that the wild, lively sound of Dominican merengue could be woven into a subtle and melodic web that beautifully brings out its underlying delicacy?...
The spirit of Art Blakey roars in this music as it soars into the heavens. Art is the plainly entitled homage to the towering leader of...
Danilo Pérez began forming his worldview – and aligning his music to it – ever since he came under the sphere of influence of Dizzy Gillespie....
This recording – Forever Lecuona – is a glorious tribute to the great 19th century Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona – glorious because of the performance of...
The heart gives a little leap when the first strains of the violin of James Sanders announce the maestro’s deep dive into his Afro-Latin heritage [his...
What can you say about the album Mélange by Kalí Rodríguez-Peña? So many things, really… For one: it’s the kind of album that instantly leaps out...
The best way to listen to Desde Lejos by the Dominican Jazz Project is by cranking up the volume on your stereo. As the notes of...
The reeds and woodwinds artist Alexey León is easily one of the most refreshing voices in Afro-Cuban music. His playing may be characterised by the virile...
Josean Jacobo has a pianistic voice that cries out to be heard as the young composer, arranger and performing pianist unleashes his thunderous left hand melodies...
As in football, so also in music, Brasil’s cup runneth over. So great is the outflow in fact that both have reached the furthest corners of...
