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Album Review

Café: Café

Read "Café" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci


Reviewing an archival album is always a challenge. To do something justice is a matter of both gaining and losing perspective: to hear it as an audience first did, and then, presumably, to find its influence, if consequential. Verifying a band's authenticity is usually not difficult but Café presents just such a problem. Its single release dates from the early 1970s. Contemporaneous documentation of performance and reception is indeed difficult to find. To say that Fania reached deep into its ...

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Negroni's Trio: Esperanzas / Hopes

Read "Esperanzas / Hopes" reviewed by Edward Blanco


The three-time Latin Grammy-nominated group Negroni's Trio unveils their eleventh album titled Esperanzas / Hope, offering a host of consistently bright and sizzling Latin rhythms over vocals and augmented instrumentals featuring other players all on a pallet of six originals and three cover songs. Considered one of the finest trio bands on the jazz landscape today, the group is led by Puerto Rican pianist Jose Negroni with son Nomar Negroni on the drums and young bassist extraordinaire Josh Allen rounding ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Café

Craft Recordings
2024

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Esperanzas / Hopes

Sony Latin
2022

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