As a follow up to our Carib album review we present a Q&A with David Sánchez expanding on some topics around this wonderful project, which is...
GRAMMY® award-winner David Sánchez is recognized around the world as one of the finest saxophonists of his generation. His mastery of the instrument is undeniable and...
The words “profoundly beautiful” are often used to describe works of art, but often some works appear to give new meaning to those words – like...
This album Standards Rican-ditioned by Ray Barretto has a very special – albeit tragic – place in the history and in the everlasting library of Latin-Jazz....
Etienne Charles has added an important opus to the literature of contemporary music with the release of Carnival – The Sound of a People Vol. 1;...
Gabriel Vicéns has a vivid and idiosyncratic affinity for the guitar as can be heard on Days, a disc that spans what might seem like many...
Ricky Rodriguez has proved himself a bassist of exceptional agility and finesse in other musicians’ groups, notably in his work with Joe Locke and Fabian Almazan,...
Chombo Silva performed in the legendary Cuban Jam Sessions and shared the stage with Machito, Ray Barretto, Johnny Pacheco, the Alegre-All Stars, Charlie Palmieri, the Tropical...
Of course this recording is shaped by the musicians whom Hilton Ruiz attracted for this project. Involved intensity is the watchwords of this album. This is...
Giovanni Hidalgo as of today [March 2015] is just fifty-two years old, but he has been a professional percussionist for a little over forty years. This...
For the uncontrived and unalloyed delights of string-writing melded with a third-stream-oriented contemporary quintet this—Estrella De Mar—is a recital of a rare and questing elegance. While...
Of all the Festivals celebrating the wonderful music of Jazz in Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Music Conservatory Jazz Fest is maybe my favorite. There are...
It is hard to believe just by listening to “Point in Time” that Gabriel Vicéns just graduated two years ago from the Music Conservatory of Puerto...
Flutist, Orlando Valle, known to his followers as, “MARACA,” grew up in a musical environment. He took up the flute at an early age and was...
There comes a time in the life of a pianist, when the lure of a solo project is strong and he or she inevitably gives in....