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Radio & Podcasts

Harold López-Nussa Interview

Read "Harold López-Nussa Interview" reviewed by Steven Roby


This episode of Backstage Jazz features an interview with jazz pianist Harold López-Nussa. We discussed his new album Timba a la Americana (Blue Note), and his upcoming show at Dazzle on Saturday, November 18. Cuban-born pianist and composer Harold López-Nussa begins an exciting new chapter of his fascinating career with his Blue Note debut Timba a la Americana, a vibrant album teeming with joy and pathos that was inspired by the pianist's recent decision to leave his Cuban ...

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Live Review

Harold López-Nussa at Freight and Salvage

Read "Harold López-Nussa at Freight and Salvage" reviewed by Roy Strassman


Harold López-Nussa Freight & Salvage Berkeley, CA October 28, 2021 Cuban piano sensation Harold López-Nussa blessed the Bay Area with a Thursday evening performance at Berkeley's Freight & Salvage venue. He fielded quite an unusual and extraordinary band for the evening's exciting and heart-warming gig for a smallish but intimate crowd, with many musicians in attendance. The front line was Swiss harmonica phenom Gregoire Maret, acoustic bassist Luques Curtis of Eddie Palmieri ...

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Catching Up With

Harold Lopez-Nussa: from Havana to Indianapolis

Read "Harold Lopez-Nussa: from Havana to Indianapolis" reviewed by Fernando Rodriguez


This interview was translated from Spanish. Harold Lopez-Nussa's music reflects the full range and richness of Cuban music, with its distinctive combination of classical, folk and popular elements, as well as its embrace of jazz improvisation and interaction. His trio was invited to play at this year's Indy Jazz Fest in Indianapolis, Indiana. Lopez-Nussa was born into a musical family in Havana on July 13, 1983, and still lives in the city's Vedado neighborhood. He has ...

Album Review

Harold Lopez-Nussa: El Viaje

Read "El Viaje" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Trentaquattro anni, nato a L'Avana, formazione classica, un interesse per il jazz sorto all'età di diciotto anni e diventato esclusivo negli ultimi dieci, tanto da farlo passare dai festival di mezzo mondo con suoi progetti: questa in sintesi la figura del pianista cubano Harold Lòpez-Nussa, che con questo El viaje torna in patria sia fisicamente (il disco è registrato a L'Avana), sia artisticamente (le composizioni sono impregnate dalle atmosfere cubane), ancorché arricchito dalle esperienze accumulate nel suo girovagare.

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Album Review

Harold Lopez-Nussa: El Viaje

Read "El Viaje" reviewed by James Nadal


Prodigious pianist Harold López-Nussa has come full circle. With numerous acclaimed recordings, and acknowledged as a seasoned performer on international stages, he returns home and records El Viaje in Havana, Cuba, offering musical insights on the world through his piano. Continuing with his established trio format, which includes his brother Ruy Adrián López-Nussa on drums and Senegalese bassist Alune Wade, he improvises upon vast classical influences while adhering to his Cuban roots, concocting an exceptional style of global jazz.

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Album Review

Harold Lopez Nussa: New Day

Read "New Day" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo


Cuba è sempre stata una feconda fucina di talenti jazz, con pianisti del calibro di Gonzalo Rubalcaba e Chucho Valdes. Sulle orme di questi maestri tenta di muoversi il trentenne Harold Lopez-Nussa, già collaboratore di David Sanchez. Le prime due tracce del CD ne riassumono le enormi potenzialità artistiche, talora distratte da sonorità elettriche di più facile impatto. Sia “A deguello" che “Cimarron" mettono in luce la maestria tecnica di musicista completo, capace di coniugare il ...

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Album Review

Harold Lopez-Nussa: New Day

Read "New Day" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Havana-native pianist/composer Harold López-Nussa is not an unknown entity. He has released five recordings previous to the present New Day and all before 30 years of age. His is a an assertive Latin Jazz infused with the essence of Western Europe. His training includes the Manuel Saumell and Amadeo Roldán Conservatories, graduating with a specialty in Classic Piano from the Higher Institute of Arts. His attention eventually turned toward jazz, an area he has continued to expand and expound upon ...


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