The title of the album Inheritance couldn’t be a more appropriate one for an album by Alí Bello for it firmly establishes him as a worthy...
Cuatrista Fabiola Méndez Pays Tribute to her Afro-Puerto Rican Roots As a child, kids teased Fabiola Mari Méndez (not to be confused with cuatrista, Fabiola Muñóz...
There’s uncommon poise and elegance in spades in this incredible debut recording of Noah Bless; incredible because Mr Bless has, for years, brought his gifts to...
Isla del Encanto, Borinquen, Puerto Rico, small in dimension, but has given the world a host of exceptional artists. Among these, the monumental figure of Humberto...
The Santiago, Chile-born Raúl Gutiérrez has been a frequent traveller to Havana, where he’s been imbued with both the rhythms and the spirit of Cuba’s glorious...
The title of this album, that is Cadencias, by Leandro Saint-Hill and his quartet seems to fit the music like a velvet glove. The “cadences” of...
In a country like Cuba – where music education programmes have tended to be designed for the 19th century, and where the European-style conservatoire has reigned...
The name [and reputation] of the great Cuban composer and pianist Frank Emilio Flynn bears similarities to that of the Brasilian composer and saxophonist Moacir Santos....
It turns out that time and again the artist and not the politician or even diplomat is his country’s ambassador. Certainly this is true of culture,...
Celebrating Dizzy Gillespie – the legendary trumpeter and creative twin of the great [and equally-legendary] Charlie Parker – is not uncommon, especially among Cuban musicians, who...
Latin Jazz Network is a project dedicated to the advancement of Latin jazz and its creators. Since 2000 LJN has been spreading the word about this...
When producer, innovator, and self-described “extrovert of manic proportions and overachiever,” Al Santiago heard Panart’s Cuban Jam Sessions (1959) he flipped. “Wow! How loose, groovy, funky and...
No matter what setting he is performing in, whenever Harold López-Nussa is engaged in performance you can be rest assured of music where the grace and...
You can always count on Doug Beavers – one of the creative mainstays of the formidable Spanish Harlem Orchestra – to surprise you with every album...
Chico Pinheiro’s album City of Dreams – so appropriately entitled for 2020 – is spectacular and proves that even in a very crowded field [especially for...
