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Samuel Torres Group: Forced Displacement

Read "Forced Displacement" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


When Chamber Music America awarded Colombian-born, New York-based percussionist Samuel Torres a New Jazz Works grant in 2012, the wheels started spinning in his mind. Ultimately, it would be his native land that would help determine the directional vision for the grant-funded work: Torres, inspired by a visit to San Juan de Urabá and an encounter with Afro-Colombian folkloric master Emilsen Pacheco, settled on the idea of a suite to shed light on those who've been most affected by the ...

Album Review

Samuel Torres: Yaoundé

Read "Yaoundé" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Dopo alcune esperienze che lo hanno portato a conoscere realtà di diverso genere - dagli inizi alla corte di Shakira alla lunga militanza nella band di Arturo Sandoval - il percussionista e compositore colombiano Samuel Torres dà alle stampe il suo secondo lavoro da leader, Yaoundé, ispirato da un viaggio in Africa intrapreso qualche anno fa. Tredici i brani autografi in programma - alcuni con tanto di dedica, al proprio amore, alla nonna, o ai grandi musicisti di salsa del ...


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