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-Latin jazz music...
The dazzling virtuosity combined with the immediacy of the pianism that Pepe Rivero brings to this music, as well as the dark and seductive lyricism of...
A delicate and elegant project, led by the Cuban pianist and composer, Pepe Rivero and the Ibizan singer Ángela Cervantes, with which they commemorate the legacy...
If you have heard Alfredo Rodriguez’s latest album, Tocororo then you will certainly be familiar with the work of the extraordinary drummer, Michael Olivera, who played...
Editor’s Pick · Featured Album As a pianist, Alfredo Rodriguez is a rare bird, the very epitomé of the one he celebrates on Tocororo. He creates...
In 2010 the BBC Library released tapes of a 1995 Irakere concert in London. Imprinted on record by the Beeb three years after the release of...
Featured photo of Iván “Melón” Lewis by Antonio Porcar The repertoire consists of nine relatively short pieces – only two are over six minutes – inspired...
Jerry Gonzalez’s Fort Apache Band was probably one of the last, most iconic ensembles to come out of New York, via the ether of Puerto Rico....
Jerry González & Miguel Blanco Big Band A Tribute to the Fort Apache Band A myth among us. A historic recording. JERRY GONZÁLEZ is a living...
It is hardly surprising that Erik Satie has become the darling of modern composers and musicians alike. The reputedly eccentric French composer who lived between the...