With so many ‘Latin-Jazz’ recordings – many of them with large ensembles – emerging from El Barrio it might be easy to overlook this independently-produced disc...
This album by Wilson “Chembo” Corniel bills itself as Artistas, Músicos y Poetas and takes its cue from all the things that a performer could be...
PAZCUAL VILLARONGA was born and raised in Spanish Harlem, New York. He attended Haaren High School and New York City Community College and graduated from Hunter College,...
It is, indeed, so easy to make the proverbial “conexión” between the Bronx and the interminable rhythm that echoes seemingly throughout El Barrio when you listen...
Drummer/percussionist Victor Rendón is a highly respected educator, author, and veteran of the New York City Latin music scene. He studied intensively for many years with Jimmy Ramirez, Dr. Rosemary...
Editor’s Pick · Album of the Month · It would be downright foolish to assume that just because Chembo Corniel fronts the quintet this album, that...
Victor Rendón has often flown slightly under the populist radar. It has been quite another matter among his peers and among discerning listeners, the cognoscenti and...
Interview: In Conversation with Percussionist, Composer, Arranger, Educator Victor Rendón Based out of Lehman College in the Bronx and led by percussionist, composer, and arranger, educator...
A 10th Anniversary Celebration Recorded at a live concert performance at Makor (a renowned midtown club in New York City), this is Los Más Valientes’ fourth...
Fiesta Percusiva, the title of this album by master percussionist and multi-instrumentalist, Victor Rendón does not even begin to describe fully the depth of this project....