For many, the gold standards for big bands is the Duke Ellington Orchestra, the crown of which passed on to Charles Mingus, notably of Pre-Bird [Mercury,...
There is no guitarist who sounds so laid back, yet incredibly cool than Ray Obiedo. In fact, he plays with such a languid, liquid style, one...
Featured Album · Editor’s Pick In the nearly two decades of its existence, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra has come to be regarded as one of the...
Of all the larger-than-life characters that filled the landscape of the arts in the world one musician...
The near falsetto vocals of Chico Pinheiro perfectly offset the voluptuous music that he has created on There’s a Storm Inside. However narrow his vocal range,...
This record was released to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the Bossa Nova. How appropriate that it should be a collection of songs (except for...