It is easy to appreciate the elegance and glorious virtuosity that Roger Glenn displays across the range of instruments. Like his illustrious father he is a...
Nearly fifty years after his only solo outing (Reachin’, 1976), master multi-instrumentalist Roger Glenn finally steps into the spotlight with My Latin Heart (Patois Records, 2025)....
There has never been a recording by the true historian, musician, composer, conceptualist and master percussionist John Santos that has not always been an intrepid foray...
At the beginning of each of the last three years, John Santos gathered together his sextet and musician friends and had a CD release party, this...
Seven-time Grammy-nominated percussionist, US Artists Fontanals Fellow, and 2013-2014 SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director, John Santos, is one of the foremost exponents of Afro-Latin music in the...
Despite Vieja Escuela being the title of this superb, albeit shortish album it is almost abhorrent to consider John Santos as being ‘old school’. A traditionalist...
On a rainy Saturday night in Berkeley, California in January, the venerable Freight and Salvage was host to a CD release party by The John Santos...
After nine years of work, Kathryn Golden was finally able to screen her documentary film SANTOS: Skin to Skin and it was definitely worth the wait....
The last several recordings by noted West Coast Afro-Caribbean percussionist John Santos have riveted listeners and critics alike. This third volume in his series – Filosofía...
At the end of October and the beginning of December 2022, the San Francisco Bay Area had two special occasions of music from percussion master John...
No matter the label (Latin Jazz, Afro-Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz etc.) Jazz simply isn’t Jazz without the scope of Latin influence that helped shaped it As...
Welcome to our monthly playlist, The Latin Side of Jazz, showcasing some of the best Latin Jazz music from around the globe. On this first issue...
Both dedicatory albums by Alex Conde – Descarga for Monk and now, Descarga for Bud – are ineffably compelling [as only the prodigious Mr Conde is...
The singular scholarship of John Santos has never been in any doubt. Though the Introduction to Art of the Descarga delves into the details of this...
With heat from the blue part of the flame – suggesting fire and, at times, ice – in ensemble and solo passages of Infrasonic by the...