Pablo Ziegler Trio: Jazz Tango
Unlike the tango, which – as a dance form – has a relatively clear, almost mathematical definition, there are really no words that can...
César Orozco | Jorge Glem: StringWise
César Orozco and Jorge Glem reveal their purpose in life even before a note of music is performed on StringWise and it is this:...
Nilson Matta: East Side Rio Drive
feel•ing (fee-ling): a function or the power of perceiving by touch. A particular sensation of this kind: a feeling of warmth. The general state of consciousness considered independently of...
Edward Simon/Ensemble Venezuela Present: Venezuelan Suite
There appears to be a sudden rush on the part of many musicians who migrated to the United States—and some who have not—to put...
Javier Colina & Pepe Rivero: El Pañuelo de Pepa
Sometimes in music you enter through a door and discover that the room you are now in has no walls, no ceiling and no...
The Paul Carlon Trio: Tresillo
The idea for a ‘sans-chordal-instrument’ trio may have come to Paul Carlon from Sonny Rollins’ piano-less ensembles over a period of time, but that...
Alfredo Rodríguez: The Little Dream
To say that you can never know what to expect from pianist Alfredo Rodríguez would no longer be a surprising observation even if the...
Mark Weinstein – Todo Corazón
Of all the magnificent aspects of The Tango, perhaps the most beguiling is its musicality. For instance, tango dancing has a unique freedom of...
Samuel Torres Group: Forced Displacement
Drums. They were not quite the first instrument, but even so much as a scatological suggestion of sound can quicken the blood; and their...
Nilson Matta’s Black Orpheus
Of the many mesmerising narratives of Orpheus and Eurydice—both classical and modern—one of the finest is contained in the dramatic re-setting of the myth...
Daymé Arocena: Cubafonía
The rise and rise of Daymé Arocena is quite the Cinderella story, sans the proverbial ‘glass slipper’. She performed for some time in Joaquin...
David Sánchez: Carib
The words “profoundly beautiful” are often used to describe works of art, but often some works appear to give new meaning to those words...
Mike Freeman Zona Vibe – The Vibesman
There are two exciting aspects to Mike “The Vibesman” Freeman; both are related to each other. But first: There is his elegant facility with...
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...
Oscar Hernández & Alma Libre: Love the Moment
The celebrated composer, pianist and director of the award-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Oscar Hernández has another incarnation and it’s called Alma Libre, a smaller...
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...
Toots Thielemans European Quartet: 90 Years
When Toots plays the harmonica the little instrument driven by mechanical flues seems to take on a giant ...
Oscar Hernández & Alma Libre: The Art of Latin Jazz
This music suggests that the robust health for one of the longest and most enduring musical influences in Jazz is in good hands. The...
Miguel Zenón: Típico
One of the most interesting aspects of modern music – Jazz, for instance – is that the music starts with the record cover. The...
Eva Cortés: In Bloom
Ms. Cortés is a Spanish language singer but on this album she also steps out as a highly skilled singer of English language songs equal to or even perhaps even better than her performances on the Spanish...
