Over the years Oscar Hernández has been the flag bearer, not simply of the music of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra but of the very sound of...
This month we feature music with the following artists: Eliane Elias, Chick Corea, Daniel García Trio, Iván “Melón” Lewis, Kenny Garrett, Julius Rodriguez, Diego Rivera, Pete...
Inside the highly evocative cover of this CD package – Mariposas Cantan – is also contained some of the most evocative music ever made by José...
Bobby Paunetto was an unforgettable composer, arranger, musician and recording artist. Latin Jazz Network honors him on the tenth anniversary of his death (8.10.10). His real...
The celebrated composer, pianist and director of the award-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Oscar Hernández has another incarnation and it’s called Alma Libre, a smaller group that...
Justo Almario is a multi-instrumentalist at the highest caliber, Music Educator, Musical Director, Composer, Arranger and Clinician, Justo’s influences include John Coltrane, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Bach,...
It is one of those ironic twists of fate that Linda Ronstadt was forced into retirement in 2011, the year her seminal Afro-Caribbean album, Frenesí was...
No matter where you look this year – at least in the realm of Latin-Jazz – you are unlikely to find a recording where the bass...
This music suggests that the robust health for one of the longest and most enduring musical influences in Jazz is in good hands. The good ‘doctor’...
Otmaro Ruiz, venezuelan pianist, composer, is considered one of the most important jazz pianists in the current scene. Ruiz is known for his versatility and virtuosity....
The term ‘Spanish Tinge’ is so hackneyed today. Moreover it contains only a half truth, that being that the music came from Spain. And its originator,...
You will not be able to stop dancing when you listen to the first few seconds of this master album Baila Que Baila, creatively produced and...
Music diversity was the theme in the Carolina International Jazz Festival on its 9th edition, which took place on Friday, August 9 and Saturday, August 10,...
Since around the mid 90s, the influx of fresh Latin American talent in Canada has grown exponentially. Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter Adonis Puentes is one of those artists....
Ricardo Silveira is one of the finest guitarists in any dialect, be it his own Brazilian ones, or any other. He is much admired by other...