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Album Review

There is a cliché that jazz is a universal language. Sometimes it helps to watch terrific players from just about everywhere play things that make you stop and notice. Such is the case with Marcos Toledo. Toledo is a young guitarist who was born and raised in Guadalajara and in 2022 is based in New York. He is one of an increasing number of players from Mexico who bring their own experiences, culture and ideas to bear on ...

Album Review

Sly5thAve & Roberto Verastegui: Agua de Jamaica

Read "Agua de Jamaica" reviewed by Peter Jones

by Peter Jones
March 21, 2022

Despite its title, this genre-busting album has nothing to do with reggae or Jamaican dancehall. In fact, it's a fresh-as-paint melange of jazz, electro-pop and hip-hop. Agua de Jamaica is the work of a Texan and a Mexican: Sly5thAve (real name Sylvester Uzoma Onyejiaka II) and Roberto Verástegui originally met as jazz students in Texas, and the album came together in Mexico City during the first Covid-19 lockdown. Sly5thAve may not be a familiar name to many, but ...