With La Malinche, Eva Cortés delivers one of the most ambitious recordings of her career—a project in which history, identity, migration and music converge around one...
Ronn Yedidia’s genre-defying quartet embraces melody, improvisation, and musical storytelling on its own terms PROPHETS is the latest project from acclaimed pianist, accordionist, composer, and arranger...
Marlon Simon and The Nagual Spirits return with the ambitious new album On Different Paths, blending a myriad of cultural and musical traditions. A Truth Revolution...
Although he does not say it outright – in his brief note to his album Cubop Lives! – Zaccai Curtis rightly references both Dizzy Gillespie and...
In his ambitious and challenging work, Music For The River Jazz Suite: The Spirit Of Love River And Mississippi River, bassist Vincent Hsu explores the history...
In eleven tracks Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits explore a captivating and superbly imagined outing, On Different Paths. Marlon and his brothers Edward Simon and...
When musicians with strong personalities and voices collide, it is often the case that the communal importance of music is forgotten. But not with these fine...
What can you say about the album Mélange by Kalí Rodríguez-Peña? So many things, really… For one: it’s the kind of album that instantly leaps out...
Composer and pianist Michael Eckroth is a charismatic artist, a distinctive voice in a field crowded with technically immaculate but intermittently inspired players. Moreover, Mr Eckroth...
Andy González [January 1, 1951, The Bronx, New York – April 9, 2020] was a New York City-based double bass player. González was a respected and...
When the Curtis Brothers take a break from business to make music together something magical always happens. On Triangular III they complete a trio with Ralph...
Don’t let the trinkly, yet resonant sound of the Fender Rhodes, announcing the advent of Mongo Santamaria’s “Afro-Blue”, to kick off the Curtis Brothers Quartet’s Syzygy...
The utter simplicity of this title – Music in Me – does not even begin to convey the depth and sophistication of the music on this...
There is an easy elegance that you find on Soar the recording by Orice Jenkins, a multi-dimensional musician, who just happens to be a multi-instrumentalist as...
Drummer Ralph Peterson Makes Triumphant Return to Trio Format with TriAngular III, Featuring Zaccai and Luques Curtis Album Serves as Testament to the Healing Power of...