For three decades, trombonist Conrad Herwig has pursued one of contemporary Latin jazz’s most durable ideas: reimagining the music of major jazz composers through the rhythmic...
When you hear that there is something such as The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner, some thoughts of incongruency do creep in. After all McCoy Tyner...
You can count some wonderfully heroic performances by members of this group: from the trumpeters, Alex Norris and Matt Hilgenburg, tenor saxophonist Peter Brainin, bassists Raúl...
Marlon Simon and The Nagual Spirits return with the ambitious new album On Different Paths, blending a myriad of cultural and musical traditions. A Truth Revolution...
In eleven tracks Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits explore a captivating and superbly imagined outing, On Different Paths. Marlon and his brothers Edward Simon and...
The celebrated ballet by Piotr Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker – became such a worldwide success in the composer’s lifetime that he [Tchaikovsky himself] made a selection...
This month on The Latin Side of Jazz we feature music with the following artists: Pepe Rivero y Ángela Cervantes, Hendrik Meurkens, Yuvisney Aguilar, Alex “Apolo”...
Any recording by the inimitable César Orozco & Kamarata Jazz would be one to look forward to, but his 2020 release Rooted Forward is one that...
In a world mad about Afro-Caribbean music, the name Samuel Torres may not be the first to come to mind, but it most certainly should albeit...
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...
Of all of the utterly unique aspects of the music of Michele Rosewoman’s New Yor-Uba, some are more breathtaking than everything else. Firstly, to borrow from...
In many ways, “great music”—indeed—great art—just seems to “happen.” But artists have also variously described the process as a cataclysmic event that is caused when the...
What does it mean “to belong”? The Webster suggests that it is a verb that is defined as “to have or be in a usual or...
Michele Rosewoman and New Yor-Uba Live at the Bitter End NYC Winter Jazz Fest 2014 Report – January 11, 2014 Report By NY Co-Editor, Tomas Peña...
What on earth would Billy Strayhorn think of La Rumba is a Lovesome Thing? It is, after all, a somewhat irreverent tribute—the music is relocated from...