Jazz Articles about Orlando Molina

About Orlando Molina

Radio & Podcasts

Eydís Evensen, Orlando Molina, Rempis-Adasiewicz-Corsano, Out Of/Into

by Cheryl K.
December 29, 2025

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, holiday music from organist Don Patterson, vocalist Darius de Haas, and trumpeter Louis Armstrong and The Commanders; also, new music from pianists Eydís Evensen, Sean Mason, and Jahari Stampley; saxophonists Ivo Perelman, John Butcher, and Kevin Sun; and guitarist Kevin Brown fronting a quintet.Playlist Mel Tormé “Just Look Around/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from Christmas Songs (Telarc) 3:51 Eydís Evensen “Eternal" from Oceanic Mirror (XXIM) 3:05 Sean ...

Live Review

Orlando Molina At Scott's Jazz Club

by Ian Patterson
December 2, 2025

Orlando Molina Scott's Jazz Club Belfast, N. Ireland October 28, 2025 One of the great things about Scott's Jazz Club is that musicians are often invited back. You get to see the first steps and evolution of a band or a leader new to the scene. You experience the growth and development of established acts, and you witness the different skins that many hard-gigging musicians inhabit. Venezuelan Chilean guitarist Orlando Molina first played the Ballyhackamore venue ...

Album Review

Orlando Molina: Autorretrato en tres colores

Read "Autorretrato en tres colores" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
November 10, 2025

Autoretratto en Très Colores--A Portrait in Three Colors--the debut of Venezuelan guitarist and composer Orlando Molina as a leader, and it is a work steeped in experience. Though recorded over two years, these compositions feel like the product of a much longer journey--one shaped by study, migration, and growth. The album traces the emotional arc of Molina's move from Venezuela to Ireland, carrying with it echoes of loss and distance, discovery and renewal. Melancholy and hope coexist throughout, bound by ...