Jazz Articles about Miguel Zenon

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John Daversa, Linda Carone & Miguel Zenón

by Joe Dimino
February 19, 2023

From one of the hottest jazz musicians on the planet, we begin the 790th Episode of Neon Jazz with saxophonist Miguel Zenón and a song off his Grammy-nominated 2022 album Music De Las Americas. From there, we stick with the Puerto Rican flavor with Juan Tizol teamed with the legendary Harry James. From there, we move into a deeply spiritual song from a good friend of the show Vienna Carroll. We also delve into a heavy helping of good modern ...

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Miguel Zenon: Musica De Las Americas

by Dan McClenaghan
August 18, 2022

Alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon has made a career out of exploring his Puerto Rican roots, with albums like Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook (Marsalis Music, 2011), Tipico (Miel Music, 2017) and Yo Soy La Tradicion (Miel Music, 2018). With Musica De Las Americas he broadens his vision to celebrate the history of the American continents, north and south, as well as the multiplicity of America's Atlantic Ocean islands, to delve into the history of this expanse of lands--before and ...

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Miguel Zenon at SFJAZZ Center

by Roy Strassman
June 6, 2022

Miguel Zenon SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, CA May 5, 2022 With its fabulous acoustics and visual projection capabilities, the SF Jazz Center is the ideal venue for Miguel Zenon's performances of his recent Golden City Suite project. Zenon conducted interviews in several of San Francisco's ethnic communities—Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, African American, and others in preparation for composing this work. A panoramic projection display on the walls provided visual context for each community associated with its ...

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Jazz Gallery All-Stars at Tri-C

by John Chacona
March 21, 2022

Jazz Gallery All-Stars Tri-C Auditorium Cleveland, OHMarch 6, 2022 What a difference a month makes. The Jazz Gallery All-Stars concert scheduled for February 3 at Cleveland's Tri-C Auditorium was swept away when a winter storm driven by howling winds dumped 15 inches of snow on the city. A new date, March 6, was chosen, fingers were crossed and prayers muttered--and answered with sunny skies and temperatures in the 60s. Welcome to March on ...

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Ches Smith / We All Break: Path of Seven Colors

by Jerome Wilson
October 2, 2021

In his group We All Break, drummer Ches Smith puts together a robust hybrid of the rhythms of Haitian Voudou music and the free- flowing impulsiveness of modern jazz. The basic music and lyrics of the songs here are based on traditional Haitian melodies. The group builds from that foundation, starting with the tangled interplay of Smith and three Haitian drummers, Daniel Brevil, Markus Schwartz, and Fanfan Jean-Guy Rene. Jazz improvisation is stirred into the mix by alto saxophonist Miguel ...

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Seminari Siena Jazz 2021, Part 1-2

by Luciano Rossetti
August 11, 2021

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Miguel Zenon: El Arte del Bolero

by David Bixler
July 21, 2021