Tag: Zoho Music
Arturo O’Farrill | The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra: Four Questions
Editor's Pick · Featured Album
To say that the art of Arturo O’Farrill is “fascinating” would be telling only part of his story, for Mr...
Joe McCarthy and The NY Afro Bop Alliance Big Band Release “Upwards”
Joe McCarthy and The New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band continue to impress with their new CD, the first after the band’s relocation from Washington, DC...
Carlos Barbosa-Lima: Delicado
In Brasil, a country in which its musicians are almost as famous as its footballers, the name of Carlos Barbosa-Lima is uttered in reverential...
Carlos Barbosa-Lima Releases New Album: “Delicado”
From Ipanema Beach to Corcovado mountain, the natural beauty of Rio de Janeiro is self-evident. It’s almost as if the postcard itself was invented...
Señor Groove: Little Havana
The real Cuba may be just about ninety miles away from the tip of Florida, but where Señor Groove come from, in Miami, there’s...
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...
Ray Barretto: Standards Rican-ditioned
This album Standards Rican-ditioned by Ray Barretto has a very special – albeit tragic – place in the history and in the everlasting...
Best Recordings of 2018 – Part 1
2018 was a very prolific year in terms of music being released. It was a year of excellency, in terms of great new music...
Sergio Pereira: Nu Brasil
For the carioca, Sergio Pereira, playing on the Portuguese word “Nu” as the title of his album Nu Brasil and then following it up...
Dongfeng Liu: China Caribe
We are very familiar with the slew of prodigiously gifted Chinese pianists (and other instrumentalists) who have become renowned all over the world for...
Pedro Giraudo: Córdoba to Köln via New York
Depending on where you come from Martha Argerich may be the greatest Argentinean icon. Some say Juan and Evita Perón are, but culturally speaking,...
Dongfeng Liu to Release “China Caribe” on Zoho Music
Rare is the occasion when an artist arrives on the scene who fundamentally reawakens your understanding not just of music but world history, common...
Fernando García: Guasábara Puerto Rico
It might seem easy to be mesmerised and swept away by the ceaseless dancing of Puerto Rican music from one odd time signature to...
Pablo Ziegler Trio: Jazz Tango
Unlike the tango, which – as a dance form – has a relatively clear, almost mathematical definition, there are really no words that can...
El Eco with Guillermo Nojechowicz: Puerto de Buenos Aires 1933
The misty nature of this meditative, multi-layered music by Guillermo Nojechowicz on Puerto de Buenos Aires is most awe-inspiring. Moreover despite using palpably Argentinean...
Chris Washburne: Rags and Roots
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The Columbia University Professor, author and musician, trombonist Chris Washburne enjoys the company of some of the finest young...
Gabriel Espinosa: Songs of Bacharach and Manzanero
To Gabriel Espinosa the Mexican-born bassist-turned-vocalist the essence of emotion is nothing if it cannot be transmigrated across the musical topographies that separate North...
Albert Marqués Trio: Live In The South Bronx
There can hardly be enough applause for this record. The quality of playing on the part of pianist Albert Marqués, bassist Walter Stinson and...
Greg Diamond: Avenida Graham
Editor's Pick · Album of the Month ·
There has been a lot of musical buzz around Greg Diamond who even travelled as far as...
Hector Martignon’s Banda Grande: The Big Band Theory
Editor's Pick · Album of the Month ·
Big Bands are an endangered species. So it is with great excitement that one welcomes Hector Martignon’s...