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Guy Frometa

Further Up The Groove-Santo Domingo

By Peter Novelli

Label: Chalet Music, LLC
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1. Salchicha 2. Amigos 3. Easy 4. Cabrera 5. Solo Azul (Just These Blues) 6. Por La Noche 7. Blues Por El Rey 8. Funk Tren 9. SeisOcho 10. Calle Bourbon

Dominican Jazz Project: Desde Lejos

by Chris M. Slawecki
January 3, 2022

DJP's primary composer and keyboard player Stephen Anderson has worked to get the DJP back into the studio after their 2016 Dominican Jazz Project (Summit Records) debut received so much critical and popular acclaim. The 2020 pandemic and attendant lockdowns delayed but did not cancel this follow-up, which the band recorded Desde Lejos--"From Afar."

Desde Lejos

By Dominican Jazz Project

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Fuera de la Oscuridad; Ritmos de Baní; Sin Palabra; Como un Rayo Ciego; Si Tu Supieras; Pero Aún no es el Fin;. Siempre Adelante; Una Más; Un Cambio de Ritmo.

Rediscovery and Re-Creation, and an NYC Farewell

by Chris M. Slawecki
December 26, 2021

Greg Abate Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron Whaling City Sound 2021 Musicians will sometimes honor another musician who influenced their lives or work with a tribute or memorial recording after that influential musician has passed on. There's an abundance of first-rate music on the ...

From An Island: Ches Smith & We All Break and Dominican Jazz Project

by Mark Sullivan
October 28, 2021

Haiti and the Dominican Republic both occupy the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. But the two nations could hardly be more different. Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere; the Dominican Republic has the largest economy in the Caribbean and Central America. Haiti was occupied by France in colonial times, famously winning its ...

Un Cambio de Ritmo

July 31, 2021

Album: Desde Lejos
By Dominican Jazz Project
Label: Summit Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 08:37

Dominican Jazz Project

Active since: April 1, 2011

- Nominated for the 17th Annual Latin Grammy® Awards in the categories of “Best New Artist” and “Best Jazz CD.” - “Full of creative energy and the joy of musical discovery”—Mark Sullivan, All About Jazz The Dominican Jazz Project began when Dominican born jazz artist, Guillo Carias, invited American jazz pianist, Stephen Anderson, to perform with him and local players for the 2014 Jazzomania Jazz Festival in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, that was hosted by the Quisqueya 96.1 FM jazz radio program. The concert and associated clinic went beautifully, and the drummer, Guy Frómeta, invited Anderson to return to Santo Domingo to perform with him in his group for the Casa de Teatro Jazz Festival a few months later

All I Am

By Anthony Jefferson

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: All I Am, Marnie, Besame Mucho, Night and Day, Willow Weep for Me, Summertime, Impossible, Rainy Night in Georgia, Me and Mrs. Jones, In the Presence Of, You've Got a Friend.

Anthony Jefferson: A New Orleans Vocalist At Home In The Dominican Republic

by Fernando Rodriguez
January 23, 2019

New Orleans native Anthony Jefferson began singing during childhood in an environment rich in blues, jazz, and R&B, later studying classical repertoire at the California Institute of the Arts and continuing at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Prior to forming his own band, Jefferson shared the stage with artists such as Mark Rapp, Willie Jones ...