Jazz Articles about Oscar Stagnaro

About Oscar Stagnaro

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Born and raised in Latvia, Ilona Kudina was trained as a classical musician, earning a master's degree in flute performance from Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music in Riga and becoming a flutist and piccolist with the Latvian National Symphony. Pursuing her interest in improvisation, jazz and contemporary music, she moved to Boston in 2001, where she received a professional diploma from Berklee College. Kudina's self-produced debut album, On the Bridge (2006) offered chamber works by celebrated ...

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Dan Moretti and Brazilia: Live at the Pump House/Celebrating Wayne Shorter

Read "Live at the Pump House/Celebrating Wayne Shorter" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 7, 2025

While everyone has ideas, some ideas are admittedly better than others. Saxophonist Dan Moretti and Brazilia's notion to salute the music of Wayne Shorter by reshaping and Latinizing eight of the legendary saxophonist's splendid compositions was a good idea. Doubters need only survey the finished product, recorded in front of an enthusiastic audience in December 2024 at The Pump House Music Works in Wakefield, Rhode Island. Shorter's unique and engaging melodies, several of which are now enshrined ...

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Ron Rieder: Latin Jazz Sessions

Read "Latin Jazz Sessions" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 13, 2024

Even while pursuing a long and successful career in the physical sciences, Bostonian Ron Rieder never abandoned his life-long love for jazz, especially the tantalizing melodies and lively rhythms of Latin America, composing music at every opportunity before returning to writing full-time and at long last recording his debut album, Latin Jazz Sessions It was worth the wait. Rieder's colorful tunes ensnare the ears from the outset and never let go, while his septet plays Latin jazz about ...