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Article: Interview

Luis Perdomo: Walking Towards the Light

by R.J. DeLuke
May 14, 2012

Pianist Luis Perdomo's fingers dart across the keys, eloquently telling the stories that traverse his mind in that instant; doing so in a manner that enraptures an audience. He moves people, and does so in a manner that appears, on the surface, easy. Like great athletes. Like other great musicians. This is one of the finer ...

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Article: Album Review

Luis Perdomo: Universal Mind

Read "Universal Mind" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 10, 2012

While pianist Luis Perdomo has earned plenty of praise for his work in Latin jazz settings with different artists such as percussionist Ray Barretto and saxophonist Miguel Zenón, classifying him as a “Latin jazz pianist" would be a mistake. Perdomo may earn his daily bread playing piano with many Latin luminaries and legends-to-be, but his work ...

News: Recording

Pianist/Composer Luis Perdomo Releases New CD "Universal Mind" from RKM Music on February 14th, 2012

January 5, 2012

Universal Mind is the perfect title for the newest release from Luis Perdomo. The three-way connection between the extraordinary jazz pianist and composer and his world-class collaborators, bassist Drew Gress and the legendary Jack DeJohnette on drums, is apparent from the first moments of this exhilarating new release from RKM Records. The Village Voice called Perdomo ...

Album

Mexico Azul

By Magos Herrera

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Tracklist Luz De Luna Noche Criolla Azul Angelitos Negros Seguire Mi Viaje Voz Antigua (A Mi Tierra) Lamento Jarocho Que Sea Para Mi Tres Palabras Obsesión Dos Gardenia

Article: Live Review

The Miguel Zenon Quartet: Half Moon Bay, CA, November 20, 2011

by Bill Leikam
December 24, 2011

The Miguel Zenón QuartetDouglas Beach House aka Bach Dancing & Dynamite SocietyHalf Moon Bay, CaliforniaNovember 20, 2011 On a clear Sunday afternoon, alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón brought on his seasoned quartet to play the Douglas Beach House. With a near-capacity audience, it was a rare gift to hear this quartet--also ...

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Article: Interview

David Sanchez: Ninety-Mile Bridge

by Ian Patterson
August 29, 2011

What, besides music, transcends geopolitical divides so gracefully? What else unites people of different nationalities, political persuasions and religious creeds in common celebration just quite as harmoniously? Religions may have captured the hearts and minds of the majority of the planet's people, but remain bastions of ultra-conservatism and mistrust, despite all the rhetoric to the contrary. ...

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Article: Album Review

Miguel Zenon: Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook

Read "Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
August 24, 2011

The cover photo on alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón's Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook is of two people dancing in the middle of a boulevard. They are nicely dressed. The man's coat tail flies and their dance clasp is a passionate embrace, suggestive of a romantic yearning hitched to the side of a good time, a ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Miguel Zenon: Alma Adentro - The Puerto Rican Songbook

by Dan Bilawsky
August 21, 2011

Miguel ZenonAlma Adentro: The Puerto Rican SongbookMarsalis Music2011 When so-called “Latin jazz" comes up in conversation, music or musicians connected to Cuba or Brazil are usually the topic of conversation. While it's true that Afro-Cuban stylings, bossa nova beats and sizzling samba numbers seem to dominate in ...

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Take Five With Abdiel Flores

by AAJ Staff
July 20, 2011

Meet Abdiel Flores: Currently, Abdiel Flores is premiering his first soloist production El cuida de mia. It is a compilation of traditional hymns harmonized and arranged with jazz influences and Latin rhythms. Musicians with great experience in the jazz genre, such as Ramon Vazquez, Leobadis Gonzalez, Isaac Lausell, Elias Santos, and Jan Carlos Artime ...

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Article: Live Review

Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival: June 25-26, 2011

by R.J. DeLuke
July 12, 2011

Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz FestivalSaratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs, NYJune 25-26, 2011This year's Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, the 34th edition of the upstate New York event, featured a great touch when famed jazz impresario George Wein was awarded a star on the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Walk of Fame. Wein created the ...