Any music that Dafnis Prieto writes has such an advanced level of creativity that it is impossible to absorb it in a single spin of the...
On Saturday, June 22, 2024, the universally recognized pianist Michel Camilo returns to the Carlos Piantini Hall of the Eduardo Brito National Theater (Santo Domingo, Dominican...
Having given excellent versions of themselves – individually or together in some of the most celebrated ensembles [Roy Haynes, Charlie Haden, Chick Corea, Eddie Palmieri, Carla...
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...
Following his success with his solo album Live in London Michel Camilo returns to revisiting his music on a very large palette – his first big...
There has always been a healthy restlessness to Elio Villafranca. When I spoke to him in February 2015 he was about to debut a new suite...
Editor’s Pick · Featured Album The record package itself for Cinque is modest, but oddly impressive; its black cover has the title and Mr Villafranca’s name...
That Dafnis Prieto has undertaken an epic musical voyage is clear from the music on this disc. Back to the Sunset, is the culmination of a...
Alfredo Rodriguez ambles onto stage, but that’s all the ‘ambling’ he would do for the rest of the night. Once he sits at the piano he...
Ricky Rodriguez has proved himself a bassist of exceptional agility and finesse in other musicians’ groups, notably in his work with Joe Locke and Fabian Almazan,...
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...
On El Conde Negro Pete Rodríguez seems bask in the burnished glow of his horn as he stretches and relaxes his way through ten beautifully wrought...
The best performance here is an extraordinary rendition of Juan Tizol’s “Perdido”. Transferred to the piano’s upper register and played with rhythmic elegance, its joyous character...