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 Celebrated Cuban-Canadian Composer and Piano-Master Hilario Durán Leads His 19-Piece Ensemble Featuring Special Guests Paquito D’Rivera and Horacio “El Negro” Hernández in a Stellar Big...
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...
Pianist Hilario Durán’s 20-piece Latin Jazz Big Band is joined for this Koerner Hall concert by special guests, drummer Horacio “El Negro” Hernández, and Sarita Leyva’s...
Pianist, composer, arranger Hilario Durán makes a triumphant musical homecoming on his new album Contumbao. Recorded in the historic Egrem Studios in Havana, Cuba with an...
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,...
Mi Mundo introduces a shining new star on the world music firmament. This is the solo debut of Brenda Navarrete, a Cuban-based singer, songwriter, percussionist and...
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...
Hilario Durán makes a triumphant musical homecoming with his newest album, “Contumbao.” Internationally recognized as a jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader of the highest order,...