At the end of October and the beginning of December 2022, the San Francisco Bay Area had two special occasions...
On Thursday, October 13, 2022, representing two generations of Cuban Piano Masters, Hilario Durán and David Virelles got together at Koerner Hall, one of the most...
“Tango is a musical style that must constantly evolve and not be some ridiculous folklore to lure tourists” – Astor Piazzolla The celebrated Argentinian pianist Pablo...
The 35th Jazz Plaza 2020 opened with an explosive tribute to one of the greatest names in Afro-Cuban music: Juan Formell & Los Van Van. It...
When rumba – the pure Afro-Cuban music for voices and percussion – filtered down from the Matanzas to Habana, it was only a matter of time...
The Cuban island reverberates from dawn to dusk – from sea to sea – with the rhythmic chants of the sacred and secular music at every...
I almost didn’t log into Vimeo at 8 o’clock on Saturday night, March the 27th. It’s not that the programme wasn’t beckoning enough. After all it...
As part of the Cuban Focus Series (2018-2019 Diamond Season) Cuban singer Yaíma Sáez y su Grupo made their debut appearance at the intimate Flato Markham...
Arturo Sandoval – Cuban Focus Series – March 23, 2019 Spring had arrived but you wouldn’t know it by the temperature outside. Only the billboard with...
Brazil meets Cuba, a time for Markham and GTA residents to come in from the cold for what was promised to be some hot sounds on...
On the evening of Saturday, February 9, 2019, Cuban-Canadian piano master Hilario Durán and his Latin Jazz Big Band returned to Koerner Hall in Toronto. This...
The triumphant journey through music by the inimitable Paquito D’Rivera brought him to Koerner Hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto on the 7th...
On the evening of November 16, 2018, Trinidadian native, amazing trumpet player, recording artist, bandleader, composer, arranger and educator Etienne Charles brought to Toronto his most...
There’s something truly striking about experiencing live music interpreted by a large ensemble, a big band orchestra. Even more if it is a band that carries...
“Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar (born in Madrid, on December 27, 1968), known as El Cigala (Spanish for ‘Norway Lobster’, a popular crustacean in Spain), is a...
