The saxophonist reflects on 20 years with his quartet, documenting live magic, and why some things can’t be rushed When Miguel Zenón stepped onto the Village...
Four years ago in January my wife and I happened upon the Puerto Rico Jazz Jam held at the nineteenth century Teatro Tapia in Old San...
There may be many alto saxophonists born into the musical topography of Afro-Caribbean music, all of whom boast singular voices, but none with voices as distinctive...
Colonisation of the Americas and the Caribbean has done little to stifle the traditional cultures of the colonised. If anything it has pushed a people’s voice...
Although Miguel Zenón gave notice of his masterful musicianship long before his first recording, he really rose to eminence around 2005 when he released the first...
Some twenty-eight minutes into our conversation Chano Domínguez lets me go gently. “Raul, I have to let you go,” he tells me, “But you know I...
One of the most interesting aspects of modern music – Jazz, for instance – is that the music starts with the record cover. The story, its...
Editor’s Pick · Album of the Month · There has been a lot of musical buzz around Greg Diamond who even travelled as far as India,...
What does it mean “to belong”? The Webster suggests that it is a verb that is defined as “to have or be in a usual or...
In most musicians, just like nice ordinary people, molecules are made up of DNA just like the unique people that each is. But in the case...
Of all the musicians to come out of Cuba in recent times, to be repatriated to the United States or Canada, Alfredo Rodriguez is one of...
There is a visceral ecstasy that runs through the music of The Journey, a veritable musical odyssey by the trombonist, occasional trumpeter and magnificent conguero, Carlos...
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...
“Closing the night and the Fest, the honoree, trombonist and composer William Cepeda, filled the stage with the joy and power of his music and a...
In his follow-up to Dançando Com Ale a classic 2009 debut Greg Diamond has produced another remarkable record, Conduit. The guitarist displays increasing maturity and thoughtful...