Latin Jazz / Latin Funk - CD Reviews (316)
The fire of amorous nylon strings rip through your impassioned heart with resonance, pulsating from the guitar of Ron Murray in this unexpected debut treasure, "Romanza,…
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Caught live at the historic Chicago venue "The Jazz Showcase," powerhouse pianist Danilo Perez and his trio must have left the audience with a sense of wonderment…
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This debut album by a 9 piece band from Manchester, England was first released in May of 2004 and has found its way across the pond. It has a Latin sound complete with b…
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Though born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Miguel Zenón focused his attention on the more popular bomba and plena musical forms more closely associated with its Af…
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Los Hombres Calientes represent the sound of New Orleans in the new millennium. Their compositions and delivery are joyful and exuberant. Trumpeter Irvin M…
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The Colours of Latin Jazz is a series of discs on the Concord label that sample the different variations of latin jazz. On ‘Soul Cookin’ there is a emphasis on the groove. …
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The latino musical culture has many wonderful & varied nuances, exemplified by this Pablo Ziegler-Quique Sinesi-esque clutch of keen, ethereal originals penned by Ziegler. …
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This 2 CD set is a memorable listening experience. It contains superb solo work and intricate Latin themes. Disc 1 contains seven songs, among them such as "Stolen Mome…
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Lazy Bird is a five piece ensemble that originated as a ‘cocktail party pick-up group’. The band describes its music as being firmly planted in the tradition of Miles Da…
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Carlos "Patato" Valdes’s "El Hombre" is a CD by a very laid back Afro Cuban ensemble, led by one of the musicians who has shaped the genre. It has a very rich smooth sou…
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Percussionist "Chembo"Corniel has seriously paid some dues. For the last 35 years he has been hitting it hard on the scene in New York gaining some serious street credib…
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Often confused for Puerto Rican, Guitarist and Tres Virtuoso Benjamin Lapidus is in fact from a second generation Jewish European family, but he grew up in what he says is …
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Bryan Lubeck is well known throughout the Chicago jazz scene as one of the sharpest flamenco guitarists around, and his schedule reflects the fact. On his latest full lengt…
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Best known for his internationally recognized Afro-Cuban Septet Mezcala, Pablo Menendez is arguably one of the most recognized Cuban guitarists of this era. Born in Oakland…
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Just as hands are wrung about the future of jazz, particularly as pioneers of the art form pass, along comes another jazz artist, not to fill the void, but to augment with …
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Ever since Harry James encouraged him to form his own band in 1978, Pat Longo has been entertaining much of the royalty of the Southern California entertainment kingdom, in…
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Every now and again, there comes an album that fulfills all the requirements of what can be considered as emotionally satisfying music, especially in the realm of vocal jaz…
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Hot Latin that is just so very cool with a touch of pure feminine energy that pulsates with every note. This is an extraordinary effort traveling in so many different direc…
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"Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. Charlie Parker spoke these words decades ago, howeve…
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I've never considered the trombone particularly characteristic of Brazilian music, nor can I remember encountering a assemblage of six trombones outside a marching band, bu…
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