Both reeds and woodwinds maestro Jane Bunnett and piano virtuoso Hilario Durán have released enormously successful albums lately. Bunnett made Embracing Voices (EMI, 2009) with the...
Maestro Chucho Valdés and the Afro Cuban Messengers performed to a full-house at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Allen Room. The show was part of the institution's...
The Dream of a Comeback for Cuba’s Big Success Story submitted by Heidrun Haug Irakere was Cuba’s invention to enable the Cuban scene to compete with...
Chico & Rita – Animated movie by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal – 2010 Toronto International Film Festival A seemingly ordinary, but tormented love story between...
Pianists abound in the Island of Cuba. Excellent pianists indeed, but only a selected group meet the high standards of virtuosity. Hilario Luis Durán Torres, better...
In his much-anticipated follow-up to the Grammy-nominated and Juno Award-winning Latin Big Band recording, From The Heart (Alma Records, 2008) the piano master, Hilario Durán brings...
In his follow-up to 2007’s Zamazu (Enja/Justin Time), Cuban piano master, Roberto Fonseca deepens his journey into his quasi-mystical musical search. Like the mythical Gilgamesh, the...
Por Chico Alvarez Peraza ciudad de Nueva York, abril 22, 2010 80 AÑOS POR EL SENDERO DEL EXITO Con esta edición, Latin Jazz Network rinde homenaje...
The Cuban Piano Masters Project This unique musical group was first conceived in Havana, Cuba in 1992 at the National Theatre with the great Cuban pianists...
Un eterno romance entre lo cubano y el jazz demuestra que la cosa va en serio El jueves 11 de marzo, se presentó por segunda vez...
The considerable talent of Cuban pianist, Roberto Fonseca has now spread far and wide and if there was another dimension to enter, it would be the...
There are a few times—only just a few times—when musicians are able to find the intensity in a performance where the primordial cry is so distinct...
It should not, but it takes a several fleeting moments to get used to the idea that Cuban Portrait is a record by an accomplished Turkish...
The title of this record – Bach in Havana – should not come as a surprise, after all there is a yet-to-be-fully-discovered European Baroque and Classical...
The high art of this record, Bienvenida is no accident. This is because its principal performer is the miracle behind it all. Venissa Santi is one...