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...
Cuban-born jazz trumpeter and composer Arturo Sandoval, a 10-time Grammy Award-winner who plays with an unbeatable mix of fire, finesse, and feeling, brings an unforgettable evening...
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...
Multi-GRAMMY® award winning D’Rivera joined by string ensemble Quinteto Cimarron Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, March 27 – 28 New York, NY – February 13, 2015...
Jazz Meets The Classics by Paquito D’Rivera The border between classical and jazz music has always been a fluid one, with composers from each camp finding...