Horacio "Mono" Hurtado

Antonio Gavrila: Tango Suite Buenos Aires

by Jack Bowers
February 1, 2024

Astor Piazzolla, the Brazilian master who modernized and forever changed the profile of the tango, starting in the late '50s, died in 1992, several years before pianist Antonio Gavrila was born, halfway around the world in Bucharest, Romania. To Gavrila, Piazzolla was more than a name or even a reformer; he was--and remains--an inspiration, one whose music serves as the driving force behind Tango Suite Buenos Aires, Gavrila's second album as leader and first for Zoho Music. ...

'El Maestro' Irving Flores Readies Thrilling Afro-cuban
 Jazz Sextet Project With Giovanni Hidalgo & Horacio “El Negro” Hernández; 'Armando Mi Conga' Arrives August 26

Source: 1888 Media
August 10, 2025

Acclaimed pianist, composer, and arranger Irving Flores is set to release his most ambitious project to date, ;Armando Mi Conga (Amor de Flores Productions), available on CD and all streaming platforms beginning August 26, 2025. A vibrant celebration of Latin Jazz and Afro-Cuban Jazz, the 9-song album blends virtuosity with soul — and features an all-star lineup of Grammy-winning legends. “This is a love letter to Latin America,” says Flores. “It’s my journey and a tribute to the rhythms that ...
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'El Trio - Live In Italy' with John Beasley, José Armando Gola, Horacio El Negro Hernández available on January 19, 2024 on Challenge Records

Source: Vivo Musique Internationale
December 2, 2023

El Trio Live in Italy featuring John Beasley on piano, José Armando Gola on double bass and Horacio El Negro Hernández on drums. “El Trio touring in Italy in the summer of 2022 is about ‘eat, music, love’.” Three friends on stage letting the music play them. “To our godfather Chucho Valdés who has inspired each of us, given us a helping hand along the way, and put us up on stage alongside him. We are eternally grateful.” Street Date: ...
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Fahir Atakoglu's "Live At Umbria Jazz" Featuring Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez & Alain Caron

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
January 6, 2016

Fahir Atakoğlu's Live at Umbria Jazz Featuring Horacio “El Negro" Hernandez and Alain Caron Release Date: January 19, 2016 New 2016 Release Integrates Cuban Rhythms & Middle Eastern Melodies—World Tour Planned Fahir Atakoğlu releases his latest CD Live at Umbria Jazz (Far & Here label) on January 19, which is the 17th album in Fahir's vast catalogue of music with plans for a 2016 world tour underway. Atakoğlu has worked to blend his own native music ...
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The Beatles Get Deluxe Mono Vinyl Release [ Watch "Making of" Video]

Source: HypeBot
June 18, 2014

If vinyl pressing plants were busy before, they are about to be positively overwhelmed as the Beatles mono recordings get a deluxe vinyl re-release.The Beatles in mono: that's how most listeners first heard the group in the 1960s. In early September of this year, The Beatles’ nine U.K. albums, the US compiled Magical Mystery Tour, and the Mono Masters collection of non-album tracks will be released in mono on 180-gram vinyl LPs. Newly mastered from the analogue master tapes, each ...
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Miles Davis "The Original Mono Recordings" Available November 12!

Source: Michael Ricci
September 4, 2013

MILES DAVIS’ THE ORIGINAL MONO RECORDINGS COLLECTS NINE OF MILES' EARLIEST COLUMBIA ALBUMS, RECORDED 1956 TO 1961 Landmark box set presents nine albums remastered in original, brilliant sound, as they were intended to be heard in the 1950s and ’60s Available everywhere November 12, 2013, through Columbia/Legacy Nine of Miles Davis’ earliest albums on Columbia Records, encompassing music that he recorded for the label in monaural sound from 1956 to 1961 (and released from 1957 to 1964), will be issued ...
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Beach Boys: Mono/Stereo

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 10, 2012

The Beach Boys' recent 50th anniversary tour had its ups and downs. First Brian Wilson said he wasn't going to re-join the group. Then he agreed. The reunited band played Good Vibrations during the Grammy Awards with some technical difficulties. Then the band hit the road, where they took some heat for creakiness and rote renditions. Then came unnecessary political comments by band members and recent reports that Mike Love had fired Brian from the group, which Love subsequently denied. ...
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From Playtime to Prime Time: Miguel Hurtado

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
August 23, 2011

I think he was about 14 when I first heard Miguel Hurtado play the drums with a quartet of young teens. They were on the MacPhail Youth Stage at the Hot Summer Jazz Festival. Maybe 2003? 2004? The group was known as the Eggz, headed by a young saxophonist named Owen Nelson. The Eggz played around town off and on for a few more years; Miguel moved among the Eggz and a few other teen jazz bands, as well as ...
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MONO: Album/Orchestra Show

Source: JamBase
January 30, 2009

MONO RETURN WITH THEIR FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM, THE ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE HYMN TO THE IMMORTAL WIND CELEBRATE 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A SPECIAL CONCERT BACKED BY A 22-PIECE ORCHESTRA ON MAY 8

MONO After touring almost non-stop for five years, MONO hibernated for over a year to focus solely on writing Hymn To The Immortal Wind. The result is their most thoughtful and eclectic album to date. Written and arranged with a hopeful, romantic narrative in mind, the songs string ...
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Album of the Week - Italuba II, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez

Source: All About Jazz
February 16, 2008

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Pianist Meddy Gerville Releases "Jazz Amwin" with Horacio El Negro Hernandez, Dominique Di-Piazza, and Jean-Marie Ecay

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2006

Reunion Island pianist Meddy Gerville is pleased to announce the release of his new album Jazz Amwin featuring Grammy award winner Horacio El Negro Hernandez on drums, French bass player Dominique Di-Piazza, Jean-Marie Ecay on guitar and Meddy Gerville (piano, vocal).

This album perfectly illustrates Gerville's artistic quest of a fusion between jazz, its sophisticated harmonies, creative freedom and the swing and complex rhythms of Maloya, the “blues made in Reunion."

Performer Bios

Born on Reunion Island in 1972, Meddy ...
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