It has been a long time, ten years to be exact, since Paquito D’Rivera last graced the stage at the Miner auditorium in the SF Jazz...
Better known as a pianist, Ron Rieder makes his debut as a composer with a set of 10 works on the strikingly programmed recording Latin Jazz...
I have seen Arturo Sandoval live on two previous occasions. The first time was way back in 2008 at the big tent, in front of Toronto’s...
The Latin Side of Jazz is a curated playlist that showcases selected tracks from the best Latin jazz, Cuban, Brasilian, Ibero-American and Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latin jazz music....
There can be no question that the world of modern – Jazz – guitar would not be quite the same without [first] Charlie Christian, and [then]...
Essential Albums Revisited At first blush one might feel that William Cepeda AfroRican Jazz: My Roots and Beyond might seem like an attempt to re-brand what...
This 1995 recording, made on the Telarc label, Heads Up was the debut album for the iconic group, The Caribbean Jazz Project. On the recording Paquito...
The concept of a collision between jazz and classical music is not new. The fantasy has been driving composers and performers as early as the turn...
Nothing – and I mean nothing; no track list and probably no ensemble either – is more suitable to the emotional intimacy and urgency and better...