Jazz Articles about Machito

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Latin Sounds from the Catskills + New Releases

by David Brown
August 8, 2025

First up, Sonny Rollins our man in jazz, a live free-form date recorded 63 years ago this week at the Village Gate, NYC; from there, we move into a summer set of sounds from the NY Catskill mountains via the 50s Latin jazz craze with Johnny Conquet and his Orchestra, vocalists Ruth Wallis and Abbe Lane followed by Machito & His Afro-Cubans and Tito Puente His Orchestra. Then, we continue celebrating Anthony Braxton's 80th birthday year with works showcasing his ...

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Album Review

Machito: Kenya

by Jim Santella
March 1, 2000

Machito’s big band had a high-powered brass identity. From 1940 until his death in 1984 the bandleader espoused Afro-Cuban jazz around the world by marrying traditional rhythms with inspired jazz soloists. Just over a half-hour in length with each track averaging under three minutes, the session does not allow enough space for soloists to stretch out sufficiently. Furthermore, the sound on this 1957 reissue isn’t clear, and errors in the original liner notes haven’t been corrected. However, several stars of ...