Jazz Articles about Hector Martignon

Hector Martignon: Refugee

by Mark F. Turner
May 20, 2007

Like the great Latin jazz pianists Eddie Palmieri and Hilton Ruiz, Hector Martignon is one hot player (un pianist caliente). The musician, composer, and band leader has performed with Celia Cruz and Ray Barretto, and has created a body of work which includes orchestral music, jingles, and other formats. On Refugee, his third release as a leader, he assembles an impressive and huge list of top musicians, with new material recorded with four groups on four different sessions. The tunes ...