Miguel Zenón: Identities Are Changeable
What does it mean “to belong”? The Webster suggests that it is a verb that is defined as “to have or be in a...
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...
Colina Miralta Sambeat: Danza Guaná
The good news for connoisseurs of music that is as surprising as Jazz, mysterious as flamenco and the molten mix of these with every...
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...
Colette Michaan · Heaven and Earth-Cielo y Tierra
In a world – sadly – dominated by male musicians, the flutist Colette Michaan gets much less respect than she deserves. One wonders, however,...
Leny Andrade, Roni Ben-Hur: Alegria de Viver
It’s hard to argue with Tony Bennett when he describes Leny Andrade as the “Ella Fitzgerald of Brasil”. Anyone who has heard Ms. Andrade...
Menduvia Music Presents: Osmany Paredes – Trio Time
The lineage of Cuban pianists is long and illustrious. It has been brimful with lofty musical intellect, dazzling virtuosity and celebrated repertoire.
The league of...
Sammy Figueroa: Imaginary World
If you are one among the group who considers Sammy Figueroa to be a percussionist’s percussionist you might as well count yourself in a...
Luis Marín: The One
Luis Marín plays with the quiet assurance that shows him to be a musician of considerable promise. Mr. Marín is a pianist of immense potential. He combines the rhythmic muscularity of his left hand...
Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves · Outra Coisa
You cannot call yourself Brasilian if you don’t know your Moacir Santos. The clarinetist turned soprano, alto, tenor and (when the music demanded it)...
Catina DeLuna: Lado B Brazilian Project
As if shepherding her brilliant vocals through a Brasilian soundscape were not enough, Catina DeLuna has turned the charms of her voice of longing...
Zemog El Gallo Bueno: The Yo You Me Tú Trilogy – Vol.1 & 2
Listening to Abraham Gomez-Delgado’s recent and ongoing repertoire with Zemog El Gallo Bueno, Yo You Me Tú one important aspect of it is seared...
Emilio Solla Y La Inestable De Brooklyn: Second Half
In many ways “great music”—indeed—great art—just seems to “happen.” But artists have also variously described the process as a cataclysmic...
Cristina Pato: Latina
The late cellist Jacqueline Du Pré and the legendary percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, and now the virtuoso Galician bagpiper (gaita player) Cristina Pato… Very...
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...
Felipe Salles – Departure
It might be tempting to compare Felipe Salles’ tone on Departure on tenor saxophone with the depth and warmth of tenor Joe Henderson,...
Pete Rodriguez: Caminando con Papi
It is probably unfair to compare the younger Pete Rodriguez to his father Pete “El Conde” Rodriguez, who was a fascinating figure in another...
Paco de Lucía Tribute: Entre 20 Aguas
What would a perfect tribute to the legendary Flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía be? It is easy to suggest a tribute by some of...
Jane Bunnett and Maqueque: Oddara
When the album Jane Bunnett and Maqueque was released in 2014 it seemed to suggest that the celebrated soprano saxophonist and flutist Jane Bunnett,...
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...
