Harold López-Nussa: New Day
To perceive the new proclivities of the Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa is to trace his seemingly mystical and musical voyage unto the recording he...
Luis Muñoz – Luz
It is the simple and sheer beauty of the melodic musicality of Luis Muñoz that is so powerful that these qualities captivate the senses....
Ramón Valle: Take Off
It will not be surprising if you are drawn to Take Off, the 2015 recording by Ramón Valle. The reasons are two-fold. For all...
Roni Ben-Hur & Santi Debriano featuring Duduka Da Fonseca – Our Thing
It is not often that music—even some of the finest on record, like a highly imaginative novel—evokes powerful visuals, but when it does the...
El Septeto Santiaguero Presents: Raíz
As the footprint and influence of Africa appears to expand into Caribbean and American music, even as the world seems to shrink, we find...
Fran Vielma and his Venezuelan Jazz Collective: Tendencias
Fran Vielma could not think of a more provocative name for an album than Tendencias, especially amid the enormous musical output of music emerging...
Leo Gandelman – Ventos do Norte
Leo Gandelman may have set out to make a record documenting the arrival from the North East of saxophonists who contributed to the historic...
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...
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...
Miguel Zenón: Yo Soy la Tradición
It takes but a few bars of “Rosario”, the first chart of Yo Soy la Tradición, by composer and alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón to...
Simetrío – Simetrío
Hidden in the spectacular music of bassist Marcelo Cordóva, pianist Lautaro Quevedo and drummer Carlos Cortés or Simetrío as the stellar group is known...
Paquito D’Rivera and Trio Corrente: Song for Maura
Just when it is believed that Paquito D’Rivera is a fine alto saxophonist who also plays clarinet, he goes and makes an album almost...
Dave Chamberlain’s Band of Bones: Caravan
Trombone choirs are few and far between. Good trombone choirs even less so and great ones almost non-existent. Some of the finest choirs...
Omar Sosa – Eggun: The Afri-Lectric Experience
Omar Sosa is an extraordinary musician embodying both the magical virtuosity of musicianship and its soulful roots all in one. Actually one could not...
Sebastian Schunke: Genesis, Mystery and Magic
Among the young musicians of today is a pianist who is known not only for his pianism, but also for his soul-searching intellect and...
Venissa Santi: Big Stuff—Afro-Cuban Holiday
Just what is so special about the vocalastics of Venissa Santi—just what is so singularly unique—is so eminently clear on Big Stuff—Afro-Cuban Holiday, the...
Emilio Teubal – Música Para Un Dragón Dormido
"When music works in such a glorious manner the individual songs leave their mark not just on the mind, for this would be just...
Conrad Herwig: The Latin Side of Joe Henderson
The most interesting challenge in reinventing music that has already been invented in a particular idiom is not necessarily melodic. In fact it is almost certainly rhythmic. This is especially true if the idiom happens to be Latin ...
Paquito D’Rivera: Jazz Meets The Classics
The concept of a collision between jazz and classical music is not new. The fantasy has been driving composers and performers as early as...
Luis Perdomo: The ‘Infancia’ Project
It is hard to go back and dig deep once something is put in the past and locked down. Miles Davis showed this when...
