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Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, Manuel Valera is in the forefront of contemporary modern jazz. He represents the next generation of great performers and composers. His sound is fresh, inviting and evocative, and his goal is to forge innovative sounds that bring a vitality and newness to the idioms of jazz and Latin jazz. He is constantly workshopping musical ideas to develop new composition and arranging techniques that bring together Cuban, Puerto Rican, Brazilian and various jazz styles and forms. His musical training started at an early age at Havana’s Manuel Saumell Conservatory where he originally studied classical saxophone

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Agua con Gas

By Dave Schumacher

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026

Article: Album Review

Dave Schumacher & Cubeye: Agua con Gas

Read "Agua con Gas" reviewed by Jack Bowers

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.

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Music Is Life

By Joe Bowden

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Impulse Response; Music is Life; Way Out; Spacing Out; Sunny Day; The Next Step; The Way; Wolf Ticket.

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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.

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Mi Hogar II

By Rachel Therrien

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Fiestas Campesinas; Orun; Back Home; Sueños de Cambio; Soucy; Mambo 'Chucho' Influenciado; Beauty Free.

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Impulse Response

October 17, 2025

Album: Music Is Life
By Joe Bowden
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 06:16

Article: Liner Notes

Altin Sencalar: Unleashed

by C. Andrew Hovan
April 19, 2025

Often overshadowed by other solo instruments, the trombone boasts a rich history in jazz--one so vast it could fill volumes. New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz, also gave rise to Kid Ory, a pioneer of the “tailgate" style of trombone playing. In the early 1900s, bandleaders often promoted their shows by parading through town on horse-drawn ...

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Fiestas Campesinas

April 9, 2025

Album: Mi Hogar II
By Rachel Therrien
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 08:50

Article: Album Review

Dave Schumacher & Cubeye: Smoke in the Sky

Read "Smoke in the Sky" reviewed by Jack Bowers

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 ...