Buika – La noche más larga
There is an aspect of vocalastics in a rarified realm that when attained by the singer, replaces earthly country and heritage with the whole...
Antonio Adolfo: Samba Jazz Alley
The celebrated Brasilian musician, composer, pianist and pedagogue Antonio Adolfo shows that it is possible to be nostalgic without having to be sentimental on...
Amhed Mitchel and the Breath of Life Project – Path to Heaven
There are few young musicians who embrace their music with as much mysticism as the Cuban-born, Toronto...
Juan García-Herreros – The Snow Owl: Normas
It is apocryphal that you can take the Colombian out of the Cumbia, but you can never take the Cumbia out of the Colombian....
John Santos Sextet: Filosofía Caribeña Vol. 2
One aspect of John Santos’ music that sets him apart from many artists in the Latin realm is the depth of its spiritual consciousness....
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet: Intercambio
Wayne Wallace has accomplished more than most musicians do in a lifetime. He has done so not merely because as a musician he is...
Yosvany Terry: Today’s Opinion
The work of a troubadour is never over. He traverses the world covering the geography of the liveliest hotspots on the earth as well...
Duduka Da Fonseca Trio: Jive Samba
Not all interpreters have proved to be distinguished interpreters of other composers’ works, but Duduka Da Fonseca has managed to maintain...
Bobby Carcassés Y AfroJazz · Blues Con Montuno
For the many lovers of music, who often tend to forget about the treasures we have among us, here’s a timely reminder from one...
Trumpeter Diego Urcola Presents: Mates – A Collection of Inspired Duets
Mates by Diego Urcola
The stories of tea and its discovery—depending upon which part of the world they come from—are delightfully apocryphal. But the taking...
The MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra: ¡Qué Viva Harlem!
That the members of the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra has always been a group of jazz professionals masquerading is one of...
Laura Otero: From Noche to Night
Anyone who has heard Laura Otero from her earlier repertoire or her remarkable performances on stage in Colombia’s Misi Productions will want to discover...
Ralph Irizarry & Timbalaye: 20th Anniversary
That Ralph Irizarry’s percussion has found numerous champions attests to the timbalero’s ability to play in a well-crafted, idiomatic manner in wide-ranging, accessible and...
Charlie Dennard: From Brazil to New Orleans
Every musician makes a musical journey every time he or she makes a recording. The movement from point A to point B can be...
Yolanda Duke: Te Llevo Bajo la Piel
This recording Te Llevo Bajo le Piel brings together the last orchestra of the great Tito Puente waxing eloquent behind one of the El...
Jerry González and Miguel Blanco Big Band: Tribute to the Fort Apache Band
Jerry Gonzalez’s Fort Apache Band was probably one of the last, most iconic ensembles to come out of New York, via the ether of Puerto Rico. Few bands would boast the fire of a trumpet cast...
Bill O’Connell: Jazz Latin
This album Jazz Latin by Bill O’Connell is – as always - like an elegant railway system linking the myriad elements of Jazz, with...
Carlos Martín Presents: The Journey
There is a visceral ecstasy that runs through the music of The Journey, a veritable musical odyssey by the trombonist, occasional trumpeter and magnificent conguero, Carlos Martín. This is duende of a different kind, largely due to the fact that the music...
Tito Puente: Quatro – The Definitive Collection
Tito Puente, “El Rey del timbal” was almost singlehandedly responsible for bringing Cuban son, mambo and cha-cha-cha into the ballrooms and...
Pedro Giraudo Big Band: Cuentos
Pedro Giraudo’s purposeful, imaginative and inventive music has rightly gained its own following, which his Big Band’s performance of "Cuentos", an album revolving around a four-part suite...
