“Nueva Timba” Goes Out on September 5, 2025 – A Deeply Personal Musical Journey That Presents A Definitive Vision for the Future of Latin Jazz On Nueva...
Zaccai Curtis is an accomplished jazz pianist, composer, and educator whose work stands at the crossroads of modern jazz and Afro-Cuban and Afro-Puerto Rican musical traditions....
February in Toronto has been cold and snowy, it’s not unusual, it’s winter after all, but in the True North we are used to harsh weather,...
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...
Although he does not say it outright – in his brief note to his album Cubop Lives! – Zaccai Curtis rightly references both Dizzy Gillespie and...
Ever since he was celebrated as one of the most gifted young pianists in contemporary music at the 2006 Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, Harold López-Nussa has...
Pianist and composer Harold López-Nussa has signed with Blue Note Records and today [Aug 25] is releasing his striking label debut Timba a la Americana, a...
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...
When musicians with strong personalities and voices collide, it is often the case that the communal importance of music is forgotten. But not with these fine...
Etienne Charles has added an important opus to the literature of contemporary music with the release of Carnival – The Sound of a People Vol. 1;...
The spiritual nature of Mi Luz Mayor, with its metaphor of “The Light” is a magnificent big band recording by Eddie Palmieri and may appear as...
When Alex Conde turns up the power at any given time, he’s like an orchestra all by himself. Now magnify that several times on Origins, a...
As part of his 80th Birthday Celebration Tour, Piano Master Eddie Palmieri came to Toronto with his Latin Jazz Septet. It was actually a sextet, integrated...
Although the release of Crossing Borders by Eva Cortés comes just two years after In Bloom appeared on Truth Revolution Records, it feels like a much...
Eddie Palmieri’s influence on the world of modern music is often celebrated, but just as often underestimated. As he completes his 80th year with us, his...