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Papo Vazquez Pirates Troubadours: From The Badlands
by Chip Boaz
Poet Lola Rodriguez del Tio declared Puerto Rico and Cuba as “two wings of the same bird, yet many people lose sight of Puerto Rico's musical contributions. Numerous Latin jazz musicians hold Puerto Rican heritage, yet most songs mix jazz harmonies with Cuban rhythms. New York Puerto Rican musicians applied their identities to traditional dance music, ...
Hector Contreras: Hector Contreras and His Latin Jazz Ensemble
by Chip Boaz
Music reflects an artist's life, revealing both their current musical state and developmental path. Young musicians often produce frenetic and overwhelming music, filled with fresh and creative approaches. They display an early developmental stage, exploring their chosen art form's possibilities. Some musicians produce passionate and insightful music, expressing a search for understanding. Their art evolves into ...
The John Santos Quintet: Papa Mambo
by Chip Boaz
In the musician's world, the end of one project signals the start of a new journey towards a unique musical destination. When percussionist John Santos and the Machete Ensemble bid the world farewell in 2006, it marked the end of an era in Bay Area Latin jazz. After more than twenty years with the large ensemble, ...
Rolando Matias: "Live" Volume 1
by Chip Boaz
Traditional and Latin jazz musicians have taken separate risks to develop unique experimental approaches. Traditional jazz musicians have spent decades building, destroying, and reconstructing the harmonic foundation of jazz. Latin jazz musicians have emphasized rhythmic diversity, exploring the connections between jazz and a variety of Caribbean and South American traditions. Paths often cross through the stylistic ...
Bobby Sanabria: Big Band Urban Folktales
by Chip Boaz
At some point in their artistic development, every Latin Jazz musician studies the genre's forefathers, including Dizzy Gillespie, Machito (Francisco Raúl Gutiérrez Grillo) and Tito Puente. After the study ends, the musician must decide to approach tradition as a museum curator or an active experimenter. The museum curator creates replications of “classic material, closely imitating the ...
Arturo Sandoval: Rumba Palace
by Chip Boaz
Recording technology advances offer jazz musicians the choice between documenting a live performance and creating a product. The ability to record a solo several times means that musicians can produce exactly what they hear in their heads, albeit at the expense of spontaneity. In some cases, this can result in a finely tuned jazz release that ...
Paquito D'Rivera Quintet?: Funk Tango
by Chip Boaz
Alto saxophonist/clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera presents his album, Funk Tango, under the group name “The Paquito D'Rivera Quintet?. “Quintet refers to his working group of trumpeter/valve trombonist Diego Urcola, pianist Alon Yavnai, electric bassist Oscar Stagnaro and drummer Mark Walker. The “? highlights the group's flexibility through use of additional musicians or smaller configurations. Guests include percussionist ...
