Results for "Joel Mateo"

Joel Mateo

Agua con Gas

By Dave Schumacher

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026

Dave Schumacher & Cubeye: Agua con Gas

by Jack Bowers
March 18, 2026

As the name Agua Con Gas suggests, Chicago-born, New York-based baritone saxophonist Dave Schumacher and his Cubeye ensemble favor jazz with an unmistakable Latin accent. Schumacher's fourth album with the ensemble leans south of the border all the way, harbored in a sharp and buoyant rhythmic groove that suits them like the proverbial glove.

Smoke in the Sky

By Dave Schumacher

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: Smoke in the Sky; You Know It’s Wrong; Caridad; (No More) Smoke in the Sky; El Dilemade Chegu Metralia; Cal Massey; Walk Spirit Talk Spirit; Poinciana.

Mike Freeman's ZonaVibe: Circles In A Yellow Room

by Jack Bowers
August 9, 2025

Circles in a Yellow Room, New York-based vibraphonist Mike Freeman's eighth recording as leader of his own ensembles, has a Latin flavor reminiscent of classic albums by West Coast maestro Cal Tjader. Stylistically, Freeman parallels Tjader and a host of others from Milt Jackson, Terry Gibbs and Gary McFarland to Bobby Hutcherson, Gary Burton, Joe Locke ...

Dave Schumacher & Cubeye: Smoke in the Sky

by Jack Bowers
February 7, 2025

Chicago-bred, New York-based baritone saxophonist Dave Schumacher leans heavily toward Latin melodies and rhythms on Smoke in the Sky, his recording of an able septet he has dubbed Cubeye. Contemporary jazz lies at the core of Schumacher's cross- cultural endeavor, one that his like-minded teammates take readily to heart while lending their insight and expertise to ...

Human Geography

By Michael Eckroth

Label: Truth Revolution Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Human Geography; Little B's Poem; Freedom in Precision; Kachina; New Bomba; In 15; Funk Gets It; Hilton; Ballad in Three; New Years Day.

Michael Eckroth Group: Human Geography

by Edward Blanco
November 27, 2024

Grammy-nominated pianist/composer Micael Eckroth follows up his highly acclaimed Plena (Truth Revolution Records, 2021) with the vibrant and robust Human Geography, melding the sounds of contemporary jazz with elements of Afro-Caribbean music while exploring his affinity for the Latin sound and “paying homage to the culture of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the vast amalgam that comprise ...

Axiomatic - Music For The People

By Rafael Rosa

Label: Independent
Released: 2022

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.