Jazz Articles about Rolando Matias

Rolando Matias: "Live" Volume 1

by Chip Boaz
September 9, 2007

Traditional and Latin jazz musicians have taken separate risks to develop unique experimental approaches. Traditional jazz musicians have spent decades building, destroying, and reconstructing the harmonic foundation of jazz. Latin jazz musicians have emphasized rhythmic diversity, exploring the connections between jazz and a variety of Caribbean and South American traditions. Paths often cross through the stylistic embellishment of jazz standards with fixed harmonic forms, and diverge between avant-garde and Latin music. Percussionist Rolando Matias and his Afro-Rican Ensemble bring all ...