The musical journey of the consummate pianist and erudite composer, Elio Villafranca may be described as nothing if not what the celebrated Victor Frankl described in...
The distinctive voice of Magos Herrera – a opalescent mezzo – glows like a beam of soft light through the monumental complexity of this bittersweet repertoire...
On his maiden voyage as a bandleader, playing wonderful repertoire [all] written and arranged by himself, Israel Tanenbaum has emerged as a consummate storyteller. It’s no...
When she first burst onto the musical stage, Anat Cohen laid claim to being one of the most distinctive voices among both tenor saxophonists and clarinettists....
With each new addition to her list of albums, the Netherlands-based Cuban musician Estrella Acosta not only elevates her position among the premier vocal of our...
One month before his death, Ray Barretto was the recipient of the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship, the highest honor that our nation bestows on jazz artists....
Omar Sosa and Marialy Pacheco… two distinct musical minds, two unique voices, but seemingly of one vision, united as if by one heart, play soulfully like...
The last several recordings by noted West Coast Afro-Caribbean percussionist John Santos have riveted listeners and critics alike. This third volume in his series – Filosofía...
I have seen Arturo Sandoval live on two previous occasions. The first time was way back in 2008 at the big tent, in front of Toronto’s...
The drummer and composer Fernando García is like other celebrated contemporary Puerto Rican poet-musicians [that is, musicians alive today] such as Miguel Zenón, David Sánchez and...
On Friday April 14th the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley, California presented a rare opportunity to see and hear Dave Liebman in a quartet setting. The trio...
Globalism has been hardest on the cultures of the so-called global south, countries and cultures that have been all but economically colonized by the elite economies...
This album by Wilson “Chembo” Corniel bills itself as Artistas, Músicos y Poetas and takes its cue from all the things that a performer could be...
In the Age – flute-playing at least, shall we say – of Claire Chase it is heartening that we find ourselves in the presence of an...
Seven-time Grammy winning composer/conductor Vince Mendoza has arranged and conducted a suite of songs with the Metropole Orkest that reaches the lofty heights suggested by its...
