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Bobby Matos And The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble: Acknowledgement
by Edward Blanco
A veteran percussionist and pioneer of the Latin jazz genre since the early sixties, Bobby Matos has created an excellent fusion of Latin and Afro-jazz music on Acknowledgement. Matos records ten original hot and heavy, hip-moving compositions with his Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble and pays tribute to the legendary John Coltrane with Afro-Latin arrangements of three Coltrane standards. They include the four-note classic “A Love Supreme - Acknowledgement, supported by some masterful playing from bassist John B. Williams, and “Tunji ...
read moreT.C. III: Live: Mega Jazz Explosion
by Jim Santella
Singing impressions from the bebop era, T.C. III comes alive with the aspect of jazz introduced by hep cats like King Pleasure, Eddie Jefferson and Jon Hendricks. He gives it the same kind of rhythmic energy. They're some of our favorite songs: the kind that can stand alone in almost any situation.T.C. the Third is based in New York. He's the son of noted pianist/organist Trudy Pitts and drummer Bill Carney, aka Mr. C. The inspiration and training ...
read moreBobby Matos and His Latin Jazz Ensemble: Acknowledgement
by Ernest Barteldes
It's too bad that the audience actually watching the show at Queens' Jamaica Jams Festival on August 6th wasn't as large as expected--most people there seemed to be more interested in shopping and eating than enjoying the music. Their loss, for those who did stop to listen to the short set presented by Bobby Matos and the Latin Jazz All-Stars had an opportunity to see a legend at work.The set, despite its shortness (the previous act overextended its ...
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