The title Abriendo Puertas—“Opening Doors”—captures the spirit of guitarist Roni Ben-Hur’s latest recording with unusual precision. Recorded in Havana with an accomplished group of Cuban musicians,...
There is a specific kind of alchemy that occurs when a master of the contemporary idiom decides to turn his gaze backward out of a profound...
The Latin Side of Jazz is a curated playlist that showcases selected tracks from the best Latin jazz, Cuban, Brasilian, Flamenco, Ibero-American, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latin jazz music....
The Cuban island reverberates from dawn to dusk – from sea to sea – with the rhythmic chants of the sacred and secular music at every...
Featured photo of Janio Abreu by Danilo Navas – 35 Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza 2020 – Teatro Martí, La Habana. This month we present a playlist...
Education Alejandro Falcón began his piano studies at the Matanzas School of Music (Escuela de Superación de Música de Matanzas) between 1996 and1999. In 2000, he...
In a country like Cuba – where music education programmes have tended to be designed for the 19th century, and where the European-style conservatoire has reigned...
Ocho años han pasado desde que el matancero Ethiel Faílde (el sobrino tataranieto del creador musical del danzón Miguel Faílde) y un grupo de talentosos músicos...
Eight years have passed since Ethiel Faílde (he’s the great-great-nephew of the musical creator of the danzón Miguel Faílde) and a group of talented musicians created...
CUBADISCO 2021 WINNER · JAZZ CATEGORY All that is unusual and unexpected about this recording – even before you get to listen to a note of...
Continuing from where he left off in his journey through the ritual magic of the Afro-Cuban musical experience some two years ago Adriano Clemente has surfaced...