The trumpeter Brian Lynch needs no introduction to aficionados of what is all-too-often referred to Latin Jazz [but which musicians – including Eddie Palmieri, Mr Lynch’s...
(Flushing, N.Y.) – On Saturday, May 21st, steel pannist Victor Provost who is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading voices on the unique, and...
Pianist and Composer Alex Brown Captures the Vibrant, Transformative Power of Musical Camaraderie on New Album, The Dark Fire Sessions, Due Out on October 15, 2021...
As the follow-up to his GRAMMY-winning big band album, Back to the Sunset, which DownBeat called “one of the best recordings of the year,” Cuban-born drummer,...
Cuban-born bandleader/composer/reeds player extraordinaire Paquito D’Rivera returns to 92Y for an evening of sizzling Latin jazz. Winner of 14 Grammy Awards, Paquito began his musical career...
*Editor’s Pick – Album of the month – Armando Manzanero is 80 years old now. But he has been practicing his craft since the age of...
Paquito & Manzanero by Paquito D’Rivera A collaboration made in heaven! In Paquito & Manzanero, Paquito D’Rivera plays (and pays tribute to) the music of Armando...
The concept of a collision between jazz and classical music is not new. The fantasy has been driving composers and performers as early as the turn...
Hard on the heels of the carioca, Leo Gandelman comes the infinitely younger carioca, Michel Nirenberg, a musician steeped in choro and samba. A brilliant woodwinds...
Multi-GRAMMY® award winning D’Rivera joined by string ensemble Quinteto Cimarron Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, March 27 – 28 New York, NY – February 13, 2015...
Jazz Meets The Classics by Paquito D’Rivera The border between classical and jazz music has always been a fluid one, with composers from each camp finding...
Even for a pianist with as prodigious a talent as Alex Brown, having a heavyweight in the music pantheon such as Paquito D’Rivera produce his debut...