Jazz Articles about Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble

Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble: Blueprints

by Nicholas F. Mondello
December 12, 2010

When cooking a marvelous soup or stew from scratch with all the finest ingredients, there's that special moment when the culinary creation rushes to a boil and marvelous flavors burst out explosively into the air. It's the penultimate moment only surpassed by the delicious devouring. Contentment follows. The selections contained in the Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble's fine Blueprints are wonderfully reminiscent of a musical recipe that simmers slowly and then bursts into a fiery buffet. This is ...