Jazz Articles about Luciano Cantone

About Luciano Cantone

Album Review

Need an escape from the gloom and doom of global politics? How about a hit of Brazilian world-jazz of the “sal, sol, sul" variety? Ella & The Bossa Beat's Amare might be the ticket. For an idea of the ethos, consider a few of the titles: “Mais que um Verão" (More than a Summer), “Areia" (Sand), “Amanhecer" (Dawning), “Summer Rain," “Amare." Salt, sun, south, and of course, love...On their fourth project together, the father-daughter songwriting team of Orlando-based ...

Album Review

The Invisible Session: Echoes Of Africa

Read "Echoes Of Africa" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
January 15, 2021

It is surely no coincidence that the Ishtar family of labels— tagline “Modern Sounds from Italy"—is based in Milan, that most stylish and go-ahead of Italian cities. New imprint Space Echo's launch release is The Invisible Session's sophomore album, Echoes Of Africa, and it slots right into Ishtar's sophisticated aesthetic, which exists at the intersection of jazz, funk, lounge and music from Africa and the African diaspora. The ensemble's first album, The Invisible Session (2006), came out ...