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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Bridge Presents Latin Jazz Artist Suzzette Ortiz at the Collingswood Community Center on April 7th

Appearing at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 E. Collings Ave, in Collingswood, NJ, on April 7th, 2011 will be pianist Suzzette Ortiz with her band, featuring bassist Rob Hagopian, saxophonist Frank Machos, and drummer Francios Zayas. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 856-858-8914 Latin jazz artist Suzzette ...

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Article: Album Review

Alex Diaz y Son de la Calle: Merengue Jazz King: Dedicated to Mario Rivera

Read "Merengue Jazz King: Dedicated to Mario Rivera" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Conguero Alex Diaz marries the heady rhythms of meringue to the harmony and sway of jazz as he pays tribute to Mario Rivera, the “King of Merengue Jazz." Rivera was an exceptional musician who played 24 instruments. Born in the Dominican Republic, he moved to the United States, and soon began playing with Tito Puente, Dizzy ...

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Article: Album Review

Pedro Bermudez: No Limits

Read "No Limits" reviewed by James Nadal


The term Latin Jazz has been assimilated into the modern vocabulary to describe a certain genre of music, though they are two distinct words which can stand alone. Such is the case withNo Limits, by pianist Pedro Bermudez. He articulates each track with its own identity with music that does not fall into any one category. ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Sopla, Andrea Brachfeld! Blow!

Read "Sopla, Andrea Brachfeld! Blow!" reviewed by Javier AQ Ortiz


A visit to a New York afterhours dive during the heyday of salsa in the mid 1970s would most likely afford the chance to see charanga groups such as Típica Novel, Orquesta Broadway or Charanga 76, furiously competing against each other-- with flutist Andrea Brachfeld holding her own among a bunch of hardcore characters, musical and ...

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News: Recording

Abbey Lincoln - Golden Lady

Abbey Lincoln - Golden Lady

Inner City Records is proud to announce the re-release of Abbey Lincoln's 1980 album Golden Lady. This album, previously a vinyl-only rarity, features three originals by Abbey Lincoln and three standards. Featuring Archie Shepp on tenor sax, Roy Burroughs on trumpet, Hilton Ruiz on piano, Jack Gregg on bass, and Freddy Waits on drums, this album ...

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Article: Interview

Steve Turre: Shell 'n' 'Bone Man

Read "Steve Turre: Shell 'n' 'Bone Man" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Few can match Steve Turré's skill as a trombonist. His technical mastery, which has seen him win five Down Beat polls, goes hand-in-hand with a deep respect for the music that has gone before him, and over the course of forty years he has honed his skills with some of the best. Since his formative experience ...

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Article: Album Review

Steve Turre: Rainbow People

Read "Rainbow People" reviewed by Ian Patterson


If the rainbow of the title denoted musical diversity then it would be most fitting in the case of trombonist Steve Turre, as his musical bag is hewn from many colors. Turre is equally at home playing Latin rhythms, blues or straight-ahead jazz--hardly surprising when you consider his apprenticeship with saxophonist/flautist Rahsaan Roland Kirk and singer ...

Album

Live at Birdland

Label: Candid Records
Released: 2007

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Video

Lush Life

Featuring the music of Hilton Ruiz
Duration: 7:22

In this video, pianist Hilton Ruiz is seen in a casual environment offering up his solo interpretation of Billy Stryahorn's classic "Lush Life".
Album

Enchantment

Label: Arabesque Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Seven Steps to Heaven (2:11); 2. Enchantment (7:12); 3. I'll Call You Later (4:29); 4. Sweet Cherry Pie (6:46); 5. Gemini (4:56); 6. Black Narcissus (6:08); 7. Shades of Thelonius (4:08); 8. My Little Brown Book (3:39); 9. Silhouette (5:04); 10. Goodbye (3:14); 11. Home Cookin' (3:29); 12. The Business Ain't Nothing But the Blues (4:43)


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