Jazz

"Todo Corazon: The Tango Album" is a cozy and simplistic tango album where Mark Weinstein introduces jazz elements in 9 beautiful "tango" melodies. When the maestro Eddie Palmieri started his own band La Perfecta in 1961, Mark Weinstein…

Miguel Zenón's latest initiative involves mixing jazz with video to educate audiences on the complicated topic of the Puerto Rican identity. In Zenón's concert he explores this topic from the Puerto Rican diaspora perspective, and uses jazz…

The journey of Andrea Brachfeld towards "Lady of the Island" has some notable details. Andrea developed her music career in New York. After completing her studies at the Manhattan School of Music, she worked with many renown stars in Latin…

Johnny Conga spent 3 hard years putting together this album, from 2010 to 2012. When he finally completed it, he wanted to grab your attention so that you would at least take notice to listen it. That’s why JC told me he titled this album…

On the Grammys 2013 edition, my favorite in the category of Best Jazz Large Ensemble Album is unquestionably Arturo Sandoval’s “Dear Diz”. The Cuban trumpeter should earn his 9th Grammy (includes Latin Grammy awards) as his tribute to…

This year is the 10th Anniversary of the Panama Jazz Festival (PJF). In those 10 years, the PJF has grown into one of the premier Jazz events showcases in Latin America. It brings some of the most prominent names in Jazz from Latin…

"Current" is the 9th CD by 3 time Grammy nominee Jovino Santos Neto. Jovino comes back with his Seattle-based Quinteto for this recording. The Quinteto is staffed with Harvey Wainapel (clarinet and saxes), Chuck Deardorf (bass), Mark…

"Root Before Branches" is the debut album for Puerto Rican drummer Henry Cole with his "The Afro-Beat Collective" group. Henry Cole is a talented percussionist that has participated with many different groups of many different music…

I recently had the opportunity to attend a concert by Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Band. More than Wynton's musical prowess as a trumpet player, the one thing that stood out of the concert for me was how Wynton makes music…