Results for "Juan Felipe Mayorga"

Juan Felipe Mayorga

Plena

By Michael Eckroth

Label: Truth Revolution Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: And So It Goes; Summer Of Love and Discontent; Superspreader; Plena; Invernadero; Soul Cha; Exotic Particles; Rain Song.

Michael Eckroth Group: Plena

by Dan Bilawsky
December 21, 2021

Michael Eckroth had clear goals in mind for this project--"to create music that was lyrical, modern, true to its Afro-Latin roots, but never purist in its approach"--and he's accomplished his mission with gusto. Through Plena, this Grammy-nominated pianist/composer delivers a program of original music that, while acknowledging folkloric traditions, doesn't buy into their formal strictures and ...

Sin Fronteras

By Russ Nolan

Label: Rhinoceruss Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Take A Memo; The Long Ranger; Nature Boy; Nublado y Claro; Irregular Heartbeat; Cruzado; Poinciana; Somewhat Festive; Chachalokafun; Acceptance.

Russ Nolan: Sin Fronteras

by Edward Blanco
August 17, 2020

Sin Fronteras (without borders) is the self-titled debut album from a New York-based quartet established by an internationally-recognized group of Latin and Modern jazz musicians hailing from Colombia, Bulgaria, Switzerland and Chicago. Led by saxophonist and Latin jazz proponent Russ Nolan, the band includes Swiss pianist Manu Koch, Bulgarian bassist Trifon Dimitrov and Colombian drummer Juan ...

Chiemi Nakai: Ascendant

by Edward Blanco
August 23, 2019

Unleashing her third album as leader, pianist/composer and arranger Chiemi Nakai delivers her best outing to date, melding jazz, the Latin sound and elements of Japanese pop. Containing mostly original compositions from the artist, Nakai also includes a couple of fresh re-arranged jazz standards from Thelonious Monk and Gene De Paul. The Latin ...