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Miguel Zenon: Tipico

by Mark Corroto
February 7, 2017

The saying “like butta" comes to mind when listening to the alto of saxophonist Miguel Zenón. His tone has the consistency of velvety cream, with nary a sour note. Hearing him in the context of his long-standing quartet, we get something like the voguish bulletproof coffee, which consists of butter, whipped into your favorite cup of ...

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Miguel Zenon: Tipico

by James Nadal
January 12, 2017

The vintage cover photograph on Tipico, of Puerto Rican musicians, might lead one to believe that this is a continuance of alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón's jazz adaptations revolving around his heritage and homeland. But this is not the case. On this release, he hones in on his bandmates, and the music is centered on what each ...

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Identities Are Changeable

By Miguel Zenon

Label: Miel Music
Released: 2015
Track listing: De Dónde Vienes? (Overture); Identities Are Changeable; My Home; Same Fight; First Language; Second Generation Lullaby; Through Culture and Tradition; ¿De Dónde Vienes? (Outro).

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Miguel Zenon: Identities Are Changeable

Read "Identities Are Changeable" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo
March 9, 2015

Il progetto di Miguel Zenon Identities Are Changeable è ambizioso nel voler coniugare in un unicum espressivo musica ed interviste ad immigrati portoricani a New York. L'obiettivo era quello di aggiungere un nuovo tassello alla più che decennale esplorazione dei legami tra jazz e la musica del suo paese d'origine. Ma l'originalità dell'idea non ha un ...

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Identities Are Changeable

By Miguel Zenon

Label: Miel Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: ¿De Dónde Vienes? (Overture); Identities Are Changeable; My Home; Same Fight; First Language; Second Generation Lullaby; Through Culture And Tradition; ¿De Dónde Vienes? (Outro).

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Miguel Zenon: Identities Are Changeable

Read "Identities Are Changeable" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
November 4, 2014

It would simply be enough to just hear Miguel Zenón's saxophone; its fluid, darting, humming bird-like maneuvers, soulful and piercing. Yet as one of the most distinctive altos in jazz, the Grammy nominated and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow is also a gifted composer who continues to deliver insights into his culture as vividly expressed in 2011's ...