Poncho Sánchez continues his long tribute to the ancestors of the music he knows and plays so well with Trane’s Delight. This follows his impeccable album...
“The finest work to date is, without question, El Sonido Nuevo. Vocal music is jettisoned, thus revealing, once and for all, the depth of Palmieri’s instrumental...
Frederic Mompou Dencausse (1893-1987) was a Catalan composer and pianist who composed some songs but whose work largely and masterfully explored the technical and harmonic breadth...
Having spent close to ten years in Oriente, in Eastern Cuba, a province that is made up of Las Tunas, Granma, Holguín, Guantánamo, and Santiago de...
A fantasy of my own making: Truth be told, the Cubans and French have not got together to and create a wonderful musical take – tongue...
If some of you, like me, devour a new recording even before you first play it, turning the package over and over in your hands to...
When Jane Bunnett introduced a young Afro-Cuban vocalist Daymé Arocena as the first led singer of her seminal all-woman ensemble Maqueque we knew someone special had...
When the Fingers do the Chanting The pianist Roberto Fonseca stands quite apart from the plethora of impressive young pianists to come out of Cuba since...
Carlos Sarduy is a considerably decorated trumpeter, having won a Grammy, two Latin Grammys and a clutch of other awards for his inventive work as a...
Reviewing music can be a vexing experience. Often recordings that bode well on paper disappoint somewhat in reality. And then there are those where exquisite performances...
For young, aspiring pianists, Chick Corea and his music might easily be considered “essential study”. His breathtaking oeuvre offers so many pillars – technique, expression and...
Negroni’s Trio is somewhat unique among piano trios. Bring culturally informed ideas not only by Afri-Caribbean music, but also – in its being influenced by Spanish...
In the sonic scheme of things – not to get too wrapped up in similarities and differences between the sound of El Barrio and the music...
Featured Album · Editor’s Pick Two albums into his worshipful “Brasilian sojourn” John Finbury has written six new songs that further declare his abject love for...
It’s odd to think that a recording in 2019 could be deemed to have become “historic” upon its release, but this one – Vivencias en Clave...
