Arturo O’Farrill & Chucho Valdés Celebrate Family on Collaborative Album, Familia: Tribute to Bebo & Chico Multi-Generational Project Pays Homage to Late Patriarchs Bebo Valdés &...
Once more, Joey Alexander puts all of his debonair virtuosity on display, on Countdown, only his second album. The quality of his playing is truly incomparable....
The 17th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards returns to Las Vegas The big event will take place at the T-Mobile Arena on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, and...
It’s hard to argue with Tony Bennett when he describes Leny Andrade as the “Ella Fitzgerald of Brasil”. Anyone who has heard Ms. Andrade live or...
It is three days before my scheduled interview with the musician and pianist Elio Villafranca. I have long been fascinated by his ferocious talent...
It has been authoritatively stated that Chico O’Farrill was one of the most important composers and big band arrangers and conductors in the idioms of jazz...
“Throughout a career spanning six decades, the New York-based artist Monty Alexander has garnered acclaim for bridging American jazz, popular song, and the music of his...
Editor Danilo Navas and New York Co-Editor Tomas Peña Discuss Elio Villafranca and The Jass Syncopators: Caribbean Tinge Live at Dizzy’s (Motema Music) TP: I attended...
There might be a gentleman’s argument as to whom the pianist Monty Alexander belongs to; Jamaica, where he was born, or New York where he resides....
Elio Villafranca & The Jass Syncopators All-Star Afro-Caribbean Band – CD Release Celebration at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola – June 13-15 – Pianist Elio Villafranca is much-in-demand...
Pedrito Martinez is one of the most recognizable percussionists in New York today and he is also one of the percussionists most likely to be chosen...
There is a story that may well not be apocryphal in the history of jazz. When Billie Holiday passed away, the pianist Mal Waldron was so...
Of the many mesmerising narratives of Orpheus and Eurydice—both classical and modern—one of the finest is contained in the dramatic re-setting of the myth in Brazil...
Jaimeo Brown’s music on Transcendence is among the most mesmerising ever put down on record in a long time; at least since a musician delved into...
It is not often that music—even some of the finest on record, like a highly imaginative novel—evokes powerful visuals, but when it does the result can...