Tag: Diego Urcola

This album was made at the time after Paquito D’Rivera had inherited what was left of Dizzy Gillespie’s seminal United Nation Orchestra and just...

Following his success with his solo album Live in London Michel Camilo returns to revisiting his music on a very large palette – his...

Legendary Pianist Michel Camilo Celebrates 25th Album as a Leader with Stunning All-Star Big Band Release For his landmark 25th album as a leader, iconic...

Cuban-born bandleader/composer/reeds player extraordinaire Paquito D'Rivera returns to 92Y for an evening of sizzling Latin jazz. Winner of 14 Grammy Awards, Paquito began his musical...

Four years in the making, Grammy© Award winning trumpeter Brian Lynch’s Madera Latino (Latin Wood) project, exploring the music of jazz innovator and master...

*Editor's Pick - Album of the month - Armando Manzanero is 80 years old now. But he has been practicing his craft since the age...

Paquito & Manzanero by Paquito D'Rivera A collaboration made in heaven! In Paquito & Manzanero, Paquito D'Rivera plays (and pays tribute to) the music of...

Multi-GRAMMY® award winning D’Rivera joined by string ensemble Quinteto Cimarron Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, March 27 – 28 New York, NY – February 13, 2015...

Nora la Bella may not be the only recording where an operatic soprano has made a crossover from the classical realm into music of...

Bolivian Vocalist Gian-Carla Tisera Releases "Nora la Bella," August 19 - Showcases Operatic Roots and Creates Latin American Folklore and Jazz Inspired Album Stream Tracks From...

Jazz Meets The Classics by Paquito D'Rivera The border between classical and jazz music has always been a fluid one, with composers from each camp...

Mates by Diego Urcola The stories of tea and its discovery—depending upon which part of the world they come from—are delightfully apocryphal. But the taking...

Most fans, even aficionados of contemporary music, still only vaguely know the great trumpeter Claudio Roditi as the “Brazilian who joined Arturo Sandoval in Dizzy Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra”. It is a pity that Roditi’s musical reputation rests on so narrow a spectrum in his enormous musical career. Few know, for instance, that Roditi was one of the first Brazilian musicians to relocate in the United States of America: in 1970 as a matter of fact [...]

Diego Urcola’s is a voice that remained somewhat hidden—certainly tucked away—for two decades in Paquito D’Rivera’s quintet. And then there was the subdued role...