Since the birth of bossa nova, Brazilian women vocalists have ignited the imaginations of listeners……...
By Mark Holston After a contemplative prelude crafted by Arturo O’Farrill’s solo piano, this nostalgia-drenched……...
By Mark Holston Bobby Sanabria has been a champion of the Latin large ensemble. On……...
Pianist Angelica Sanchez and her trio make a show-stopping entrance with the opening track of……...
After 16 years with Santana, trumpeter Bill Ortiz releases a sizzling Afro-Cuban-flavored jazz album that……...
This experiment in Eastern modes-meet-and-embrace-Western jazz traditions is, in a word, charming. Listeners with even……...
Both the title of flutist Andrea Brachfeld’s 10th recording as a leader and her trio’s……...
Nearly 60 years after she waxed her first recording in her native Rio de Janeiro,……...
Although he came on the scene in Brazil in the late 1950s — at the……...
If searching for the holy grail of Latin jazz, look no further than the cultural……...
Attending an exhibition by Japanese abstract artist Yayoi Kusama several years ago proved to be……...
It may take years before music scholars can fully access how the pandemic that began……...
Since forming his group the Turnaround three decades ago, Puerto Rican trumpeter, bandleader, and composer……...
Tenor saxophonist Ben Wendel uses the eight self-composed tracks on his fifth session as a……...