The culture of the Caribbean – entrenched, as it is in the indigenous populations of the various islands – is also dominated by two other major...
Renown Musicians, Artists to Unite in the World’s First “Concert for Cuba” – Global Broadcast on July 18 & 19 Brings Afro-Cuban Music and Culture to...
Chapter two of our series: 35th Jazz Plaza International Festival in Havana Featured photo: Callejón de Hamel – La Habana, Cuba, by Danilo Navas The legendary...
Carlos Sarduy is a considerably decorated trumpeter, having won a Grammy, two Latin Grammys and a clutch of other awards for his inventive work as a...
This record, Cub(an)ism by Aruán Ortiz is a mighty sojourn and follows a somewhat wayward hurricane-like path covering many continents. But if a survey were to...
This recording is one of the most visceral and heartfelt that Carlos Averhoff Jr. may have made. You would think that its audacity had something to...
By every account the Orishas have been pleased ever since the beginning of time. But never more pleased than with three new collections of music that...
New Jersey’s Best-Kept Secret Hosts the Soul of Cuban Piano While searching for an event to put the finishing touch on the July 4th weekend I...
Park Palace Tribute Featuring the Aruán Ortíz Quartet and Manuel Valera & The Cuban Express – May 4th to May 10th, 2014 – Constructed in 1890...
Mark Weinstein’s Tales from the Earth (Otá Records, 2009) was his finest album until now. This recording, Latin Jazz Underground, also seemingly an oblique doffing of...
“Music is about freedom, that’s what it proposes, that’s why it’s so popular and that’s why people love it. And it’s not freedom that come without...
“There are only three Afro-Horns in the world. They were forged from a rare metal found only in Africa and South America. No one knows who...
God knows, of course, how hands will be used. This is why he endowed the human body with them, especially...
Few trombone players in Steve Turre’s generation have pushed the boundaries of their instrument further than he has. Born of the blue, hard bopping swing of...
Best Recordings of 2012 – Selection by Canada Editor Raul da Gama – Wadada Leo Smith – Ten Freedom Summers – Cuneiform Records An epic 4-disc...