Relive the magnificent concert of Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés during the 2024 edition of Jazz à Vienne, in the ancient Roman theater [Théatre Antique] of Vienne...
Once the wunderkind of Afro-Cuban jazz [that was magnificently espoused via his most iconic group, Irakere] Dionisio Jesús Valdés Rodríguez, better known as Chucho Valdés, is...
The idea that the vibrant and seductive [African-European] melodies, harmonies and – particularly – rhythms of Cuban music have washed ashore thousands of miles away from ...
“Tatomania” celebrates the brilliance of Roberto Jr. Vizcaíno from the Royal Quartet, the son of master percussionist Roberto Vizcaíno — who represents a new generation of...
The 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards Nominees in the category of Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album are:
When Roxana Amed released her debut album Ontology, it was clear that a musician of prodigious gifts had been hiding in plain sight and that album...
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....
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....
Carlos Averhoff Jr. may certainly be forgiven for having waited to make his best album ever – a most profound dedication to his celebrated musician-saxophone playing-virtuoso-father...
The longevity and the durability of the musical relationship between Paquito D’Rivera and Chucho Valdés give a freedom and flexibility to these performances on I Missed...
Human history – as Gilgamesh, Homeric epics, Biblical narratives and other sagas – will tell us, is a series of events where characters, as often as...
This month on The Latin Side of Jazz we feature music with the following artists: Alonso González & Jazz Latino, Kenny Garrett, Enrico Rava, Alfredo Rodríguez...
This month on The Latin Side of Jazz we feature music with the following artists: Aggeliki, Rodney Barreto, Romero Lubambo, Edu Ribeiro, Helio Alves, Reuben Rogers,...
There is something about the great Cuban chanteuse, Omara Portuondo that bears comparison with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington or – more particularly, perhaps – Billie...
Sometimes in music you enter through a door and discover that the room you are now in has no walls, no ceiling and no floor. Indeed,...