First things first: Etienne Charles first burst on the music scene like the nuclear corona of the Caribbean sun. His trumpet-playing, aptly, sounded as if the...
This recording by Carlos Henriquez, the highly visible bassist of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, A Nuyorican Tale, features him playing his original work with...
You may think you “know” the Bronx – and the South Bronx – in particular and depending on the time you have spent visiting it you...
The words “profoundly beautiful” are often used to describe works of art, but often some works appear to give new meaning to those words – like...
Carlos Henriquez may not be the first to (rightfully) pay tribute to Dizzy Gillespie nor will he be the last. But his is a remarkable one...
Etienne Charles has added an important opus to the literature of contemporary music with the release of Carnival – The Sound of a People Vol. 1;...
Editor’s Pick · Album of the Month · A Latin Jazz Perspective On The Music Of Woody Shaw Woody Shaw was an artist endowed with two...
Drums. They were not quite the first instrument, but even so much as a scatological suggestion of sound can quicken the blood; and their thunder and...
Day 2 of the 92nd Street Y’s Latin on Lex series celebrated “a snapshot of a musical movement that could only have taken place in New...
Helen Sung’s pianism is informed by elegance and an intellect that goes far beyond her young years. Both qualities cannot be learnt. The former is honed...
“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...
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....
This album by the composer and tenor saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart Jazz Racine Haïti is significant for several factual reasons and the core aspects and of the...
Celebrating the release of Anthem for a New Day (Concord, 2014) In spite of the frigid temperatures and an impending Nor’easter the vibe at The Jazz...
“In the world that we live in today, it’s impossible not to be a creole, it’s impossible not to have a blend of ideas, a blend...