Jazz Articles about Tony Succar

About Tony Succar

Album Review

Gafieira Rio Miami: Beleza Pura

Read "Beleza Pura" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
May 16, 2026

Put on your dancing shoes for Beleza Pura, the sophomore release of Gafieira Rio Miami, the South Florida-based Latin big band. The album presents an exuberant program of Brazilian and Latin jazz standards, updated with spirited arrangements by Ricardo Gilly. The mood is upbeat and the performances are peppered with guest appearances by such Brazilian luminaries as singer Roberta Sá, seven-string guitar virtuoso Yamandu Costa, pianist-composer Antonio Adolfo, and singer-dancer Luciana Mello, along with Puerto Rican flute ace Nestor Torres ...

Album Review

Tony Succar: Tony Succar y Mixtura: De One Live Sessions, Vol. 1

Read "Tony Succar y Mixtura: De One Live Sessions, Vol. 1" reviewed by Mike Oppenheim

by Mike Oppenheim
December 29, 2013

Arranger, producer and percussionist Tony Succar and his Latin jazz band Mixtura offer their renditions of a handful of standards on the 2013 album De One Live Sessions Vol. 1. Though a studio album, the band embraces the “live in the studio" feeling, which shines throughout. A DVD of the band during the same studio session accompanies the album, providing a glimpse of the coordination and communication between the performers. Succar plays timbales and cajon, and is joined ...

Album Review

Tony Succar y Mixtura: De One Sessions Live, Volume 1

Read "De One Sessions Live, Volume 1" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne
December 7, 2013

Born in Peru and raised in Miami, Tony Succar has been steeped in the sounds and traditions of Latin music practically since birth. Still in his 20s and comfortably ensconced as an Artist-in-Residence at Florida International University, the versatile percussionist / pianist has worked with worked with the likes of Arturo Sandoval, Néstor Torres, Ed Calle, and Tito Puente Jr., to name a few. While De One Sessions Live, Volume 1 features Mixtura, a fiery, homegrown, all-instrumental Latin jazz band, ...