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 Yosvany
Terry
There
was an ad on TV that had an influence on me. It featured the saxophone
player from Irakere. This is what fascinated me to play... |
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 Angel David Mattos
On Saturday,
July 23rd. pianist Angel David Mattos and the Jazz Boricua Quartet
performed at The Triad, an intimate performance space on NY... |
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 Gregg August
Bass
player, Gregg August hails from a musical family in Schenectady, New
York. At an early age he studied the piano and drums... |
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 Mark Weinstein
In 1967,
Weinstein shook up the music community with Cuban Roots, an innovative
recording that fused elements of traditional Cuban... |
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 Brian Lynch
Few musicians
embody the 21st century credo as profoundly as trumpet-master, Brian
Lynch... |
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 Hilario Durán
"New Danzon is the first recording where I make use of the trio format:
piano, bass and drums." |
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 Jessie Marquez
"I
selected the songs and Juan Carlos Marin arranged all the music. Juan
Carlos, David Alfaro and Julito Padron produced the music." |
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 Dafnis Prieto
"I
grew up in a predominantly black neighborhood. Music was everywhere;
on the radio and in the streets." |
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 Paquito D'Rivera
"I
grew up seeing and meeting people who would later become very influential
in my life." |
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 Tony Lujan
"After
hearing Clark Terry at a Manzano High School clinic in 1971 Lujan
came to the realization that he wanted to be a jazz musician." |
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 Luis Perdomo
"Introducing
my work has been quite a challenge. Naturally, being a bandleader
requires a different mind-set from being a sideman." |
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 Arturo Stable
"Arturo
Stable is one of the newest Cuban talents in the US. His abilities
as a multi-percussionist, arranger and producer place him among..." |
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 Manuel Valera
"I
feel like I'm at a crossroads in figuring out what instrumentation
I want to write for. I want to do more with writing with extended
forms." |
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 Luis Muñoz
"My
love affair with Latin music has been constant from the very beginning.
Not only with the "Afro Caribbean" stuff..." |
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 Chembo Corniel
"I
decided to record an album that shows the different styles I play.
Also to capture (on disc) the music I love so much, Latin jazz." |
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 Deanna Witkowski
"I
feel like I'm at a crossroads in figuring out what instrumentation
I want to write for. I want to do more with writing with extended
forms." |
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 Harvie S
"Composing
has always been a major part of my musical life... The music on "Texas
Rumba" is an extension of this life long process." |
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 The Rodriguez
Brothers
"Growing
up in a musical house I never thought about becoming anything else
other than a musician. I always wanted to be like my father." |
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 Marta Moreno Vega
"Conversation
with the Director of the documentary film - When The Spirits Dance
Mambo (Cuando Los Espiritus Bailan Mambo). |
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 John Santos
"Latin
Jazz is a great, time honored tradition which has gradually grown
in scope and recognition while pop fads and names come and go... |
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 Bobby Sanabria
"What
influenced me to become a musician? I've always looked at musicians
as royalty. To become one you must have courage, passion... |
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 Edu Tancredi
"I
am very pleased with this recording (Ongoing Dreams). This is a very
good representation of what I wanted to communicate..." |
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 Sebastian Schunke
"New
York changed my life. My New York experiences made me believe in my
music, in my ability to contribute to the development of music..." |
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 Adela Dalto
"My
latest recording “La Crème Latina” is Latin Jazz
and jazz tunes. But my CD’s are Latin Jazz ‘cause of the
players and the approach... |
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 Eliseo Borrero
"I
think Latin Jazz is growing in popularity around the world and people
in general are training their ears..." |
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 Jerry González
Any jazz
fan will tell you Harvie S (formerly Harvie Swartz) is one of the
great bass players on the scene today. He's played with the best... |
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 Harvie S
Any
jazz fan will tell you Harvie S (formerly Harvie Swartz) is one of
the great bass players on the scene today. He's played with the best... |
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 Osmany Paredes
was born
in Santa Clara, Cuba in 1972. He studied at La Escuela Vocacional
de Arte "Olga Alonso", where he began playing piano at... |
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 Pablo Ablanedo
"I
started to be involved in music when I was 16 years old. After I finished
high school I began to study music seriously. I tried different..." |
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 Claudio Roditi
"One
thing I want to say is that it is about time people acknowledge that
Brazilian music is also Latin music. Brazil is the largest country
in..." |
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 Juan De Marcos
González
"My
major challenge has been to try to convince people (I just started
doing this two years ago) that Cuban music continued after Castro..." |
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 Greg Landau
"Cuban
music has had a wide success because of the way that it is able to
incorporate so many cultural elements in an appealing way..." |
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 Papo Vázquez
"If
there's something that experience showed me was to follow a dream,
a goal. For me that goal was to learn from and play with the best..." |
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 Mark Levine
"I
feel blessed to have had a life that included playing with Woody Shaw,
Willie Bobo, Joe Henderson, Mongo Santamaria, Blue Mitchell, Harold..." |
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 Ralph Irizarry
"After
15 years with Rubén Blades the clear next step was to become
some sort of soloist. In 1996 I started a Latin jazz group called..." |
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 Miguel Romero
"You
can take the boy out of the island but not the island out of the boy,
especially when you take the boy out of the island of Cuba into the..." |
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 Marlon Simon
"The
leader responsibility with The Nagual Spirits has been a great experience
for me since on this format I get to play rhythms that I..." |
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 Andrea Brachfeld
"At
about age 10 when I was playing Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, my teacher
informed my mother that I had the capacity to play jazz, as I..." |
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 Bobby Sanabria
"The
big band is another extension of all my other ongoing projects...
It is definitely going to be something that you'll be hearing more
about..." |
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 Jack O'Neil
Owner
of Blue Jackel Entertainment, Jack is a jazz saxophonist who caught
the world music bug one night long ago under the skies of... |
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