The Latin Side of Jazz – April 23, 2022

The Latin Side of Jazz is a curated weekly playlist that showcases selected tracks from the best Latin jazz, Cuban, Brasilian, Ibero-American and Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latin jazz music. We include well-known, established artists and new artists who are getting attention and global recognition.

Artist / Track / Album / Country

1. Nueva Manteca / Moanin’ / ART / Netherlands, Venezuela, Germany, Uruguay
2. Pedro Ojesto & Flamenco Jazz Company / Confluencias / Kilómetro 0 / Spain, Cuba
3. The Brazilian Trio (Duduka Da Fonseca, Helio Alves, Nilson Matta) / Maucha Na Praia / Águas Brasileiras / Brasil, USA
4. Manuel “Maneco” Ruiz / Opus Minor / Manuel “Maneco” Ruiz / Puerto Rico, USA
5. Cubismo & Jazz Orkestar HRT-a / Tumbao / Tumbao / Croatia
6. Corina Bartra / Ebano Sky / Amber Light / Peru, USA
7. Cuban Jazz Report (Eliel Lazo, Yasser Pino, Javier Massó, Raúl Pineda) / Havana Chants / Cuban Jazz Report / Cuba, Denmark, Spain
8. Miron Rafajlovic ft. Jorge Pardo, Israel Suárez ‘Piraña’ / La Fiesta / Trubadur / Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain
9. Darwin Noguera Group / Fourth Dimension / Single Track / USA, Nicaragua
10. Günther Brück / Danzón de la Noche / Entre Amigos / Austria, Lithuania, Spain, USA
11. Luna Cohen / Capoeira Mata Um / Samba Que Balança Não Cai / United Kingdom, Brasil
12. Dave Bass ft. Ted Nash, Carlos Henriquez, Miguel Valdés, Carlos Caro, Mauricio Herrera / La Mulata Rumbera / No Boundaries / USA, Cuba
13. Alex Terrier / Oxun / Camina Tú / France, Cuba, USA

Featured photo: Luna Cohen, Brazilian singer based in London, United Kingdom. Photo credit: Monika S. Jakubowska