Tag: Christelle Durandy
Chris Trinidad: Chris Trinidad y Con Todo
In the sonic scheme of things – not to get too wrapped up in similarities and differences between the sound of El Barrio and...
Cabanijazz Project: Infrasonic
With heat from the blue part of the flame – suggesting fire and, at times, ice – in ensemble and solo passages of Infrasonic...
Nikki Denner & Cocomama: A Conversation
“Denner is a super strong pianist, and her arrangements are full of rhythmic order; when she’s improvising she brings a ton of harmony and...
Cocomama: Quiero
The word they use to refer to themselves is “powerhouse”. That, to me, sounds a little too masculine to describe nine extraordinarily beautiful ladies...
Paul Carlon – La Rumba is a Lovesome Thing: A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn
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 its original big band setting into the Latin realm...