Half a century after its original release, Lucky 7—one of the defining albums of the salsa dura era—returns to vinyl in a special 50th-anniversary edition. Scheduled...
Introduction: The Rhythmic Map of José Guzmán For guitarist and composer José Guzmán, the distance between the academic rigours of a Doctoral degree and the street-level...
Humberto Ramírez knows how important Tite Curet Alonso was during his lifetime to the music we refer to as Salsa, so it comes as no surprise...
On August 6, 2025, the music world lost a towering creative force. Eddie Palmieri, the Bronx-born pianist who transformed Latin music and jazz with his explosive...
On two separate occasions this year my wife and I have experienced the engaging music of Humberto Ramírez’s Big Band at the Restaurant Metropol, Isla Verde,...
We know from the cognitive aspect of anthropology that ever since ancient times, every instrument invented – if and when perfectly played – was meant to...
Some of the most accomplished musicians are rarely aware of their contributions to the continuum of the art that often sustains them. This – more often...
Dr. Juan Álamo is an internationally known performer, composer, and educator. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, and...
Every once and a while a recording comes across your desk, the moist eloquence of which music leaves you quite breathless. It is even rarer that...
In the vast landscape of jazz and Latin music, where innovation and tradition coalesce, Papo Vázquez emerges as a virtuoso trombonist whose music not only transcends...
After their great success in Chicago and New Orleans, Ángel “Papote” Alvarado y el Grupo Esencia arrive in New York City to perform live on Saturday, September 30, 2023...
The title of this album – Menjunje – is very interesting and a metaphor wholly appropriate to describe the sound of the music of Roy McGrath....
The sound of summer in Nu Yorica – the most northerly capital of the Caribbean. On Sunday afternoons over the past 30 years (1969-1999), New York’s...
Hilton Ruiz (May 29, 1952 – June 6, 2006) was a Nuyorican jazz pianist in the Afro-Cuban jazz mold, but was also a talented bebop player....
The music world mourns the loss of one of his greatest artists. A true master of his craft, bandleader, percussionist, timbalero Ralph Irizarry Sr. (Bronx, New...