Jonathan Suazo Deepens the Ricano Story on Fruto de mi Corazón With Ricano Vol. 2: Fruto de mi Corazón, saxophonist and composer Jonathan Suazo delivers one...
“Afro-Puerto Rican Jazz” maps how enslaved Congolese people preserved their musical heritage in Puerto Rico, establishing rhythmic connections that still influence jazz today In his Brooklyn...
Alex “Apolo” Ayala is right in suggesting [concurring, actually, because all the masters of Puerto Rican music before – and contemporaneous with – him have not...
Alex “Apolo” Ayala & The Bámbula Project fuse tradition and innovation on Afro-Puerto Rican Jazz, set to be released on April 4, 2025, via PMC Records...
We know from the cognitive aspect of anthropology that ever since ancient times, every instrument invented – if and when perfectly played – was meant to...
There is one aspect of Miguel Zenón and his music that has an enormous impact on the ear, and that is the sound he extracts from...
There may be many alto saxophonists born into the musical topography of Afro-Caribbean music, all of whom boast singular voices, but none with voices as distinctive...
Although Miguel Zenón gave notice of his masterful musicianship long before his first recording, he really rose to eminence around 2005 when he released the first...
It takes but a few bars of “Rosario”, the first chart of Yo Soy la Tradición, by composer and alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón to realise that...
One of the most interesting aspects of modern music – Jazz, for instance – is that the music starts with the record cover. The story, its...
What does it mean “to belong”? The Webster suggests that it is a verb that is defined as “to have or be in a usual or...