With each new addition to her list of albums, the Netherlands-based Cuban musician Estrella Acosta not only elevates her position among the premier vocal of our...
The spirit of Art Blakey roars in this music as it soars into the heavens. Art is the plainly entitled homage to the towering leader of...
With this extended play of five songs on Noche Cubana the Cuban-born, Amsterdam-based vocalist Estrella Acosta covers an impressive array of classic Cuban music from the...
It should surprise no one that Jane Bunnett should call Mujeres de Luna by Estrella Acosta “Full of thought, heart and joy”. Miss Bunnett should know...
Despite the fact that the ‘goodies’ are fairly well-distributed among the musicians, one can’t help the feeling that it is the hand – or hands –...
If drum-kits are the centre of your universe, then Mark de Jong’s second CD with his band, Latineo Universal Resonance will thrill you beyond your wildest...
It was Cecil Taylor (and there were probably many more who came before him) who said that if you cannot dance to music then it is...
This album, Esquina 25, by the Cuban vocalist Estrella Acosta is strikingly similar to the legendary 1972 record by Milton Nascimento entitled Clube de Esquina. However,...