With Monk con Clave, Carlos Henríquez steps into a defining moment of his artistic journey. Known for decades as a deeply grounded, authoritative bassist, Henríquez now...
Tito Puente, often referred to as the “King of Latin Music” or “El Rey,” was highly influential and one of the most important figures in the...
The Latin Side of Jazz is a curated playlist that showcases selected tracks from the best Latin jazz, Cuban, Brasilian, Flamenco, Ibero-American, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latin jazz music....
Featured photo: Canadian-Colombian film and television actress and singer, Flora Martínez. This month we feature a good mix of international artists from around the globe: Arturo...
On his album No Boundaries (Whaling City Sound) pianist, composer Dave Bass features two-time Grammy winner Ted Nash (flute, alto flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax,...
In the newly-crowded world of Afro-Caribbean music, where instrumentalists have always reigned supreme, the singularity of the composer is suddenly in the limelight. We are not...
The title – and music – suggests there are no boundaries between Jazz styles of music and Latin ones. On the music of No Boundaries the...
Carlos Henriquez may not be the first to (rightfully) pay tribute to Dizzy Gillespie nor will he be the last. But his is a remarkable one...
The prospect of Rubén Blades performing with the mighty Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra during the 2014-15 concert season must surely have had music aficionados holding...
Carlos Henriquez was born in 1979 in the Bronx, New York. He studied music at a young age, played guitar through junior high school and took up...
*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...
There is topographical significance in the musical architecture of Carlos Henriquez’s record, The Bronx Pyramid and it is a bold thesis, one that has gained considerable...
Few sets of brothers (as far as sisters go there is always the Labèque sisters) have such surprising material up their sleeves as The Rodriguez Brothers....
Editor Danilo Navas and New York Co-Editor Tomas Peña Discuss Elio Villafranca and The Jass Syncopators: Caribbean Tinge Live at Dizzy’s (Motema Music) TP: I attended...
On the evenings of Friday, June 16 and Saturday, June 17, Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader Elio Villafranca hosted what he qualified as “an incredible performance...