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Xiomara Laugart: Tears And Rumba

Read "Tears And Rumba" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
January 7, 2015

Despite over fifty years of political turmoil leading to a ludicrous embargo, the music of Cuba has thrived and is as vibrant as ever. Though many premier Cuban artists have gone into cultural exile in America and abroad, they continue to seek inspiration from and expand upon the music of their homeland, continually performing it around ...

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Ceremony

By Dave Liebman

Label: Chesky Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: The Drum Thing; Tunji; Kulu Sé Mama (Juno Sé Mama); Ceremony: Morning; Ceremony: Afternoon; Ceremony: Evening; Tardes de Lindóia; Danza del Pájaro.

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Dave Liebman: Ceremony

by James Nadal
December 30, 2014

The most distinguished characteristic of Afro-Caribbean music--as well as its greatest contribution to the jazz idiom--has been the drums. If we take this one step further, the Afro-Cuban tradition of drumming has had the highest degree of influence, and has been readily identifiable, since the Latin dance crazes of the mid twentieth century brought these diverse ...

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Dave Liebman: Ceremony

Read "Ceremony" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer
December 25, 2014

This exciting new album returns to the haunting evocative beauty of the origins of jazz rhythms but has a contemporary feeling infused into it by very sophisticated players of contemporary jazz and Latin music who give the album a special shine. While jazz matured within an eclectic mix of American music ranging from marching bands to ...

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