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David Virelles - Motion
With the release of Motion (Justin Time, 2007) David Virelles Gonzalez gives notice that he has well and truly "arrived". The Child of revolutionary Cuban musicians... |
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Luis Mario Ochoa - Momentos Cubanos
This is Luis Mario Ochoa's fourth record and a slight departure from earlier records, which featured this extremely talented artist in a larger setting. Ochoa has developed... |
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Tom Lellis and Toninho Horta - Tonight
The release of Tonight is very possibly the most significant vocal duet event since the release of one record called Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim... |
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Rosa Passos - Romance
Many Brasilians, and fans of Brasilian music will find it difficult to imagine how any vocalist could come after Elizete and Elis and take their legacy where no one ever imagined it would go... |
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Elio Villafranca - The Source In Between
There are few young pianists playing today as skilled in the poetics of the instrument and as versatile as Elio Villafranca, the young, Cuban-born wizard, who now lives and performs in US... |
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Jovino Santos Neto - Alma Do Nordeste
On this amazing new record, Alma do Nordeste (Adventure Music, 2008), Jovino Santos Neto makes a case for the tactile nature of Brasilian music. In this he is not new, of course... |
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The Marty Sheller Ensemble - Why Deny
The fact that this record, featuring Marty Sheller's music had to wait almost several decades to be available speaks volumes about the time Sheller has left to actually work for himself... |
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Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza
Esperanza Spalding is one of two young ladies who have sprung up on the scene, playing acoustic bass: the other is Canadian, Brandi Disterheft. Both are instrumentalists... |
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Papo Vazquez - Marooned/Aislado
This record almost did not happen. Vazquez tells us that after performance dates were set and recording deals struck, a great ice storm in March 2007 threatened to derail the whole... |
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A Taste of Cacao Música
Cacao
Música, a new music label based in Caracas, Venezuela. With a
varied catalogue that includes Jazz, World and Latin Music, they
have entered the North American Market in a... |
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Mark Lotz meets Omar Ka
Flutist Mark Lotz is what you might call a citizen of the world. He was born in Germany and grew up in Thailand and Uganda, so it should come as no surprise that he relishes the idea of... |
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2nd Annual Mott Haven Latin Jazz Connection
What, you may be asking yourself, is the connection between Mott Haven and Latin jazz? The answer lies in the South Bronx’s rich musical history. In brief, from the late 1940s... |
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Patato & Totico - 40 years later
1968: Richard Nixon was elected as President of the United States; there were massive anti-war protests in major cities throughout the U.S; Hugh Masekela’s Grazing in the Grass... |
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Papo Vazquez - From The Badlands
Leave
it to Papo Vazquez to come up with a title that evokes the image of
riding shotgun through the streets of the Wild West! Actually, there
is more to the title than meets the eye... |
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Chembo - For The rest Of Your Life
Latin
percussionist Chémbo Corniel is at the top of his game, and
this time around he pulls no punches. While most congueros simply
play congas, Chémbo plays the music... |
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Roberto Fonseca - Zamazu
If
you are anything like me, you are probably wondering what “Zamazu”
means! While reading the liner-notes I was surprised to learn that
it’s a reference to an imaginary language... |
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Michele Rosewoman - The In Side Out
In this day of mass consumed music it is a pleasure to listen to Michele Rosewoman, a superbly accomplished pianist, composer and visionary who has created a passionate production with... |
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