Tag: Manuel Valera
Joe McCarthy and The NY Afro Bop Alliance Big Band Release “Upwards”
Joe McCarthy and The New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band continue to impress with their new CD, the first after the band’s relocation from Washington, DC...
Carlos Henriquez: Dizzy con Clave
Carlos Henriquez may not be the first to (rightfully) pay tribute to Dizzy Gillespie nor will he be the last. But his is a...
Dafnis Prieto Big Band: Back to the Sunset
That Dafnis Prieto has undertaken an epic musical voyage is clear from the music on this disc. Back to the Sunset, is the culmination...
Berta Moreno: Little Steps
Berta Moreno’s dream of coming to America, which she mentions in her impassioned notes that accompany the disc entitled Little Steps, have come true...
New Cuban Express & Steven Kroon Sextet at Hostos Center
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture presents an exciting double bill of contemporary Latin jazz with the Grammy-nominated New Cuban Express featuring some...
Gene Ess: Absurdist Theater
The beautiful, soaring coloratura that Thana Alexa indulges in at the start of Absurdist Theater by Gene Ess is all the time you’ll be...
Manuel Valera Trio: The Seasons
Was there a closet ‘renaissance man’ just waiting to jump out of Manuel Valera? Probably so, but although his recording of The Seasons references...
Roberto Occhipinti: Stabilimento
The powerful, sinuous pizzicato of Roberto Occhipinti has bellowed from the depths of Jane Bunnett’s and Hilario Durán’s bands for several decades. During that...
Stefano Bollani Trio At Koerner Hall
TD Jazz: The Art of the Trio Concert Series
The Royal Conservatory of Music featured the Stefano Bollani Trio & the Roberto Occhipinti Trio on...
Stefano Bollani Trio & Roberto Occhipinti Trio at Koerner Hall
2016-2017 Season, The Royal Conservatory, Jazz, TD Jazz: The Art of the Trio
Stefano Bollani Trio & Roberto Occhipinti Trio
DATE: Friday, November 18, 2016 |...
Dafnis Prieto On “Triangles and Circles”
Dafnis Prieto - Biography
A classically trained musician who absorbed from an early age the multifaceted percussive traditions of his native Cuba, Prieto transposes elements...
Dafnis Prieto Sextet: Triangles and Circles
It is rare indeed to find drummers who can think like pianists; even rarer to find one that thinks like a saxophonist, a trumpeter,...
Latin on Lex Jazz Fest: New Cuban New York – A Confluence of Cultures...
Day 2 of the 92nd Street Y’s Latin on Lex series celebrated “a snapshot of a musical movement that could only have taken place...
Manuel Valera Trio: Live at Firehouse 12
This recording is a fascinating, satisfying live programme which brings together three of the most active, finest musicians in New York whose work...
NYC Latin On Lex: A Latin Jazz Fest
"The Y is a first rank cultural institution, and it’s an honor and a privilege to help them with this new festival, and hopefully serve as a bridge..."
Top 10 List: Best Recordings of 2014
Yosvany Terry: New Crowned King (5Passion)
This album truly is a very important addition to the literature of music. In it Yosvany Terry has awoken...
Manuel Valera Sr.: Recuerdos
This album, by Manuel Valera Sr. Recuerdos ranks—with Charlie Haden’s Nocturne as one of the most beautiful albums of boleros made in recent times....
Manuel Valera and New Cuban Express: In Motion
What’s new in the idiom of jazz? The next generation of Cuban musicians have arrived. Look no further than what they have brought with...
Roots+Ribs Fest: The Soul of Cuban Piano
New Jersey’s Best-Kept Secret Hosts the Soul of Cuban Piano
While searching for an event to put the finishing touch on the July 4th weekend...
Conversation with Pianist Manuel Valera
Manuel Valera: The wunderkind of the New Musical Express on music and life
Although it may not have happened that way, pianist Manuel Valera seems...