The joi de vivre is palpable, though not unexpected, from the opening notes of Afro Bop Alliance’s Angel Eyes. But something is different now. Realization comes...
It is apocryphal that you can take the Colombian out of the Cumbia, but you can never take the Cumbia out of the Colombian. Thus the...
It is probably unfair to compare the younger Pete Rodríguez to his father Pete “El Conde” Rodríguez, who was a fascinating figure in another era when...
There is a sensuous, almost bordering on lustful, quality to the music on Una Más by the big band, Afro Bop Alliance. Not that it is...
It is not obvious that Michael Simon is a native of Venezuela, who owes as much to that tradition as he does to the jazz one...