With Armando Mi Conga, pianist, composer, music director and arranger Irving Flores offers a vibrant and deeply considered contribution to contemporary Afro-Cuban jazz. Recorded live in...
Do not be fooled by the seemingly casual nature of the title of this album – Passing By – the song itself is an eminently graceful...
Once the wunderkind of Afro-Cuban jazz [that was magnificently espoused via his most iconic group, Irakere] Dionisio Jesús Valdés Rodríguez, better known as Chucho Valdés, is...
The heart gives a leap at the prospect of listening to a debut record by a young woman you have so admired for the work she...
Musicians – especially pianists, albeit playing electric instruments – who venture into the realm of ‘trio music’ do so at their own peril, especially with such...
Cuban alto saxophonists playing Afro-Cuban music – even Black American Music in the Afro-Cuban idiom – are well known. The best-known contemporary players of that instrument...
The Latin Side of Jazz is a curated playlist that showcases selected tracks from the best Latin jazz, Cuban, Brasilian, Flamenco, Ibero-American, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latin jazz music....
Listening to the music of Siempre Más Allá, it certainly seems that the young French pianist, Adrien Brandeis has strengthened the belief that he is a...
The Latin Side of Jazz is a curated playlist that showcases selected tracks from the best Latin jazz, Cuban, Brasilian, Flamenco, Ibero-American, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latin jazz music....
Carlos Averhoff Jr. may certainly be forgiven for having waited to make his best album ever – a most profound dedication to his celebrated musician-saxophone playing-virtuoso-father...
The Latin Side of Jazz is a curated weekly playlist that showcases selected tracks from the best Latin jazz, Cuban, Brasilian, Ibero-American and Afro-Latin jazz music...
On the evening of Saturday, February 9, 2019, Cuban-Canadian piano master Hilario Durán and his Latin Jazz Big Band returned to Koerner Hall in Toronto. This...
The Afro-Cuban percussionist and singer, Brenda Navarrete is one of the best-kept secrets of her generation. However, now, thanks to producer extraordinaire and Alma Records founder,...
It should surprise no one that Jane Bunnett should call Mujeres de Luna by Estrella Acosta “Full of thought, heart and joy”. Miss Bunnett should know...
In the experiencing of a stage recording by Michel Camilo, such as Live in London, one must contend with a performance that has much more than...