Celebrated pianist and composer Donald Vega received a GRAMMY® nomination in the category of Best Latin Jazz Album for his 2023 recording of As I Travel, an...
The stamp that Oscar Hernández has put on music – not simply Afro-Cuban, Afro-Caribbean music and the often-seamless mélange of all of those ensuing rhythms into...
Following two intriguing albums with his group Nu Sanga [and as featured trumpeter on numerous albums by leading lights of Latin Jazz – Eddie Palmieri and...
The gloriously dallying collective improvisation Earth Rebirth – as indeed does the rest of the repertoire on this eponymously entitled album – gloriously describes the musicianship...
The pianist Donald Vega is now on a don’t-touch-me pinnacle. With his album As I Travel he unveils a richly detailed narrative of his journey that...
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....
The one thing you can be assured when you listen to music – new or re-interpreted – by Doug Beavers, is that it’s going to be...
Oscar Hernández and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra [SHO] have set the bar so high for the kind of Afro-Caribbean ensemble musicianship that no one but the...
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 on The Latin Side of Jazz we feature music with the following artists: Pepe Rivero y Ángela Cervantes, Hendrik Meurkens, Yuvisney Aguilar, Alex “Apolo”...
There’s uncommon poise and elegance in spades in this incredible debut recording of Noah Bless; incredible because Mr Bless has, for years, brought his gifts to...
You can always count on Doug Beavers – one of the creative mainstays of the formidable Spanish Harlem Orchestra – to surprise you with every album...
For young, aspiring pianists, Chick Corea and his music might easily be considered “essential study”. His breathtaking oeuvre offers so many pillars – technique, expression and...
For the last fifteen years few music ensembles have dominated the world of salsa like the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. So, it was only fitting that the...
In a world – sadly – dominated by male musicians, the flutist Colette Michaan gets much less respect than she deserves. One wonders, however, how much...