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Mauricio Herrera
Mauricio Herrera is one of the leading percussionists on New York’s Afro-Cuban jazz scene. He’s collaborated with some of the best jazz musicians of our time, including Stefon Harris, Nicholas Payton, David Sanchez, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Christian Scott, and Yosvany Terry. But his connections to the sacred roots of Afro-Cuban music run deep, and he masterfully fuses traditional forms and techniques with an adventurous, wide-open approach. Growing up in the eastern province of Holguin, Cuba, Maruicio was exposed to the deep traditions of sacred and ritual music. His family is very musical, and at age 7 he started on violin, but by 14 began studying percussion, where he found his niche
Smoke in the Sky
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.
Jazzfest Berlin 2025
by Giuseppe Segala
Jazzfest Berlin 2025 Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Quasimodo Jazz Club, A-Train Jazz Club, Chiesa monumentale Kaiser Wilhelm Berlino 30 ottobre--2 novembre 2025 Già nella prima serata di questa sessantaduesima edizione, il Jazzfest Berlin calava senza indugi una delle sue carte vincenti, con Wadada Leo Smith e Vijay Iyer sul grande ...
Dave Schumacher & Cubeye: Smoke in the Sky
by Jack Bowers
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 ...
John Sharpe's Best Releases of 2024
by John Sharpe
From the 200 or so discs that I heard in 2024, here are the ten new issues and three gems saved from obscurity, which gave me the most pleasure. As always these selections are entirely subjective, and take no account of the many other albums which I would no doubt have loved if I had heard ...
Breaking Stretch
Label: Pyroclastic Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Los Otros Yo (The Other Selves); Breaking Stretch; 03 555; Palo de Oros (Suit of Coins); Sueños de Coral
Azul (Blue Coral Dreams); Five Suns; Mudanza (States of Change); Manufacturers Trust Company
Building; Earendel.
Human Geography
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.
Sélène Saint-Aimé, Aruan Ortiz, Cassie Watson Francillon, Val Jeanty & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
A playlist focusing on the musicians that FourOneOne presented during “Transatlantik," a two-day of performances and conversations with diasporic artists engaged with the artistic and political concepts of negritude and créolité.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Cassie Watson Francillon “Callin'" Consortium Grande--Live at the ...
Breaking Stretch
Album: Breaking Stretch
By Patricia Brennan
Label: Pyroclastic Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 7:53
Michael Eckroth Group: Human Geography
by Edward Blanco
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 ...
