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Samuel Torres: Alegría
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Chiemi Nakai: Ascendant
Chiemi Nakai displays her remarkable piano chops with the heavy left hand tumbao while still managing to be delicately eloquent. Even when she is...
Gregor Huebner: Los Soñadores
To listen to the voice of The Dreamers struggling against a manic administration in the 2019 White House is not too much to ask...
Calle Mambo Project: See The Light
The drummer Chris Smith’s dream of making music a way of life has something of a fairytale quality to it and so does the...
Steven Kroon · In Your Dreams
Steven Kroon is not only living the dream as one of the frontline percussionist playing music in the Afro-Caribbean, Brasilian and Latin-Jazz styles, but...
Dave Valentin – Celebration of Life
MONDAY, JUNE 12th 6pm - SAINT PETER’S CHURCH
619 Lexington Avenue at 54th St. - New York, NY 10022
(Bronx, NY) A Musical Celebration of Life for the renowned...
William Cepeda AfroRican Jazz: My Roots And Beyond
Essential Albums Revisited
At first blush one might feel that William Cepeda AfroRican Jazz: My Roots and Beyond might seem like an attempt to re-brand...
Mike Freeman ZonaVibe: Blue Tjade
It’s time to give Mike Freeman some respect. Actually it was some time ago. Freeman is a virtuoso mallet percussionist with a bright tone....
Gregor Huebner: El Violin Latino Volume 2
There is little doubt that the music of Brasil and Latin America must be in your very soul for you to speak its language;...
Ralph Irizarry & Timbalaye: 20th Anniversary
That Ralph Irizarry’s percussion has found numerous champions attests to the timbalero’s ability to play in a well-crafted, idiomatic manner in wide-ranging, accessible and...
Mike Eckroth: Piano and Rhythm
Pianists who embark on Cuban music projects usually present them as traditional or modern, but rarely both. Mike Eckroth does both on his extraordinary...
Conrad Herwig: The Latin Side of Joe Henderson
The most interesting challenge in reinventing music that has already been invented in a particular idiom is not necessarily melodic. In fact it is almost certainly rhythmic. This is especially true if the idiom happens to be Latin ...
Rebel Tumbao: Rebel Tumbao
If good musical art is meant to find the listener catching his or her breath at its beauty, it is also meant to pierce...
Live at the Blue Note: Conrad Herwig
Conrad Herwig and the Latin Side All-Stars Pay Tribute to Horace Silver
Conrad Herwig is no stranger to reimagining the work of seminal jazz musicians...
Steve Khan: Subtext (Subtexto en Azul)
Steve Khan has never been a shy guitarist, but in the commercial world he appears a bit diffident. This is probably why he makes...
Steven Kroon: On the #1
Steven Kroon’s bands have always been an exciting prospect. Lately his music has resembled a kind of sonic teeter-tooter. In the one hand the...
Alex Díaz: Number Seven
The first thing that becomes obvious about Alex Díaz’s beguilingly titled album, Number Seven is that its music is extremely forthright. A number of...
Iván Renta: Take Off A Musical Odyssey
If a musical odyssey takes place when tenor saxophonist Iván Renta divests himself from one of several ensembles he participates in, to finally record...
Concert Review: A Night of Jazz For Dave Valentin
That was one helluva tribute they paid Mr. Dave Valentin at the Tarrytown Music Hall on Thursday, November 7th!
Concert Review by Chico Alvarez Peraza,...
Ronnie Cuber – Live at Jazzfest Berlin
"The power and sassiness of Ronnie Cuber’s playing is captured by the breathtaking manner in which he is able to imbue the notes he...