José Luis Quintana [January 18, 1948 – June 6, 2025], better known as “Changuito,” is considered one of the architects of modern Afro-Cuban percussion. His legacy...
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...
Not only has Rojas caught the attention of music lovers, but also of the industry’s leading critics and publications – having been dubbed an “artist you should...
Yeisy Rojas Rodríguez is a 33-year-old Cuban singer, violinist and composer. She draws inspiration from the intertwining musical legacies of her native Cuba. After finishing her music studies...
Jorge Luis Pacheco is one of the leading pianists of the new generation of jazz in Cuba. He was a First Prize Winner of the International Contest...
Born in Santiago de Cuba, Jorge Vistel and Maikel Vistel are the reflection of a type of eclectic Jazz that manages to reconcile values, ideas, trends,...
It should come as no surprise that the seduction of Afro Cuban music has turned up in the Balkan country of Croatia too. The delightful surprise,...
Carlos Averhoff Jr. is a Cuban tenor saxophonist, contemporary Afro-Cuban Jazz composer and educator, and a Latin Grammy nominated artist with the album Buena Vista Presents...
On Grecolandia, the celebrated trumpeter gets his long overdue homage from ten of the most well-known Cuban trumpeter players who are active today. The repertoire runs...
There is something about the great Cuban chanteuse, Omara Portuondo that bears comparison with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington or – more particularly, perhaps – Billie...
Education Alejandro Falcón began his piano studies at the Matanzas School of Music (Escuela de Superación de Música de Matanzas) between 1996 and1999. In 2000, he...
My moon app announces that in 14 hours the Supermoon of May will be here. During a full moon I often get inspired to write about...
A review of the breathtaking feature-length documentary Los Hermanos/The Brothers by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider No matter how many times stories about separation are told...
Musical talent and a passionate connection to the music was literally born to Leandro Saint-Hill Montejo. In Camagüey, Cuba, at the age of seven he first...
When my parents bought their home in 1968, Sunset Beach was just another sleepy little beach town It spanned about one mile in length, sandwiched between...