Jazz Articles about Conjunto

Conjunto: Conjunto: Live in Little Village

by Javier AQ Ortiz
February 21, 2003

Jacaranda was the venue. Chicago’s Little Village strip was the location. Under the leadership of violinist James Sanders, Conjunto: Live in Little Village was recorded live.

Conjunto proper, not “Conjúnto,” in Spanish Caribbean countries, originally refers to a type of Cuban trumpet-led ensemble such as the primigenial Conjunto de Arsenio Rodríguez. Illinois’ Conjunto, however, adheres to a freer interpretation of such a nomenclature per their self-definition at their website. They, after all, are a mainstream Jazz group ...