The title of this recording China Afro Cuba by Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Dongfeng Liu might – rather erroneously – suggest a musical mélange, or even appear...
The Brasilian-born tenor saxophonist Livio Almeida has been based in New York for some time, making a splash with – among other ensembles [including several he...
This recording by Foreign Affair – a trio helmed by pianist Hector Martignon – is absolutely irresistible. This is not only because its title – Sous...
There are no two cities more dissimilar and difficult to compare than New York and Geneva. Even both cities’ proximity to large, important bodies of water...
On his maiden voyage as a bandleader, playing wonderful repertoire [all] written and arranged by himself, Israel Tanenbaum has emerged as a consummate storyteller. It’s no...
There can be no question that the world of modern – Jazz – guitar would not be quite the same without [first] Charlie Christian, and [then]...
Arturo O’Farrill has – for a very long time – been exploring long-form composition and using it to express [by American standards, at least] his rather...
There’s uncommon poise and elegance in spades in this incredible debut recording of Noah Bless; incredible because Mr Bless has, for years, brought his gifts to...
A rare, albeit singular feeling of joy while living under a lockdown due to the pandemic is the receipt, in the mail, of a recording by...
To say that the art of Arturo O’Farrill is “fascinating” would be telling only part of his story, for Mr O’Farrill’s music is quite profound. It...
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 tones by...
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 more of...
To listen to the voice of The Dreamers struggling against a manic administration in the 2019 White House is not too much to ask for and...
This album Standards Rican-ditioned by Ray Barretto has a very special – albeit tragic – place in the history and in the everlasting library of Latin-Jazz....
For the carioca, Sergio Pereira, playing on the Portuguese word “Nu” as the title of his album Nu Brasil and then following it up with a...