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Lori Bell – The Music of Djavan (Resonance Records 2008)
Despite whatever misgivings the producers may have had with regard to this project, namely that that jazz project was centered on the music of Djavan, appears to be misguided. Perhaps Djavan, among the pantheon of Brasilian musicians is least “Jazzy” and more “pop” – a thesis that is somehow incomprehensible and even nonsensical [...]
Dayren Santamaria’s New Album: Belleza
"A violinist who tends towards relative introversion and a pianist who tends the other way. Put them together and something magical happens within the...
Gian-Carla Tisera & Elio Villafranca: Nora la Bella
Nora la Bella may not be the only recording where an operatic soprano has made a crossover from the classical realm into music of...
Alí Bello: Connection Caracas-New York
Connection Caracas—New York features the new Alí Bello. Gone is the flamboyance that marked his playing when he auditioned for the You Tube Symphony Orchestra 2011, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas...
Aguabella – Baker Gateway to Death Valley
Take away the soul from a body and there is nothing left of it. This could easily have been the way that Aguabella...
Jazz Plaza 2020: Abrazando la Cultura del Jazz
Capítulo 1 de la serie: Edición 35 del Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza en La Habana
Autor: Raul da Gama / Traducción del inglés: Oscar Montagut
La...
Jazz Plaza 2020: Ancient to the Future
Chapter four of our series: 35th Jazz Plaza International Festival in Havana
In recent months I found myself in profound reflection of the term...
A Brief History of the Cuban Style Conjunto
1930: The Orquesta Típica is out and the Conjunto is in
The year 1930 marked a turning point in the development of popular Cuban music....
Jazz Plaza 2020: Speaking in Tongues
Chapter three of our series: 35th Jazz Plaza International Festival in Havana
In 1972, former University of Toronto professor of Anthropology and Linguistics Michael J....
Jazz Plaza 2020: The Celebration of Otherness
Chapter two of our series: 35th Jazz Plaza International Festival in Havana
The legendary French philosopher noted for his work in phenomenology Paul Ricœur, wrote...
Jazz Plaza 2020: Embracing the Culture of Jazz
Chapter one of our series: 35th Jazz Plaza International Festival in Havana
Culture - the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation,...
Dave Bass: No Boundaries
The title – and music – suggests there are no boundaries between Jazz styles of music and Latin ones. On the music of No...
Generoso “Tojo” Jiménez: Trombón Majadero
This 2007 reissue of two classic albums from the inimitable Cuban trombonist Generoso “Tojo” Jiménez bookends five years between 1969 and 1965. Entitled ...
Yuri Juárez | Jhair Sala: Lima
Yuri Juárez has been exploring music for the guitar in what he calls “música criolla”, broadly, the Afro-Peruvian cultural topography. Following his epic guitar...
Artist Profile: Michel Camilo
Michel Camilo was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He studied for 13 years at the National Conservatory earning a degree of Professorship in Music and...
Best Recordings of 2018 – Part 2
2018 was a very prolific year in terms of music being released. It was a year of excellency, in terms of great new music...
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...
Etienne Charles: Carnival – The Sound of a People Vol. 1
Etienne Charles has added an important opus to the literature of contemporary music with the release of Carnival – The Sound of a People...
Eddie Palmieri: Mi Luz Mayor
The spiritual nature of Mi Luz Mayor, with its metaphor of "The Light" is a magnificent big band recording by Eddie Palmieri and may...
Bobby Sanabria: West Side Story (Reimagined)
Jerome Robbins’ seminal story of danger and the triumph of love, West Side Story inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet has been...