Results for "Miguel de Armas"

Miguel de Armas

Miguel De Armas is a versatile jazz pianist and composer. He weaves strands of Cuban and American jazz influences in a compellingly eclectic way. Born in Havana, Cuba, Miguel studied at the Conservatory Amadeo Roldan and graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte with a Bachelor in Cuban Percussion. In 1988, he co-founded the acclaimed Cuban band NG La Banda Orchestra with José Luis Cortés and other prestigious Cuban musicians. For over a decade, he toured with this band around the world and performed at world-class Jazz Festivals such as the North Sea, Montreaux, Nice, Nantes, Normandia, Couleur Café, Barranquijazz, Río de Janeiro Film Festival, among others. Ivan Lins, Clark Terry, Tania Maria, Chico Freeman, Dave Valentin, Sammy Figueroa, Robbie Ammen, Gilberto Gil, Ermeto Pascual. Now Miguel has brought his musical talents to the city Ottawa, Canada which he considers his adopted home

Heart of Hearts

By Steve Berndt

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: All Over Again; Heart of Hearts; The Moment; Plus Size Love; I Saw the Light; Hold Me Tight; Triplets A Gogo; Long Lost Love Affair; Baby I Love Your Way; Color My World; Blue Skies on Mars

Triplets A Go Go

March 15, 2026

Album: Heart of Hearts
By Steve Berndt
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Duration: 05:42

Continuous

By Miguel de Armas

Label: Three Pines Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Continuous; Couscous; Angelique; Welcome Back from Varadero; Muñuñi; Eva Luna; Song for Bebo; It Meant Something Else; Gone Too Soon

Continuous

June 24, 2021

Album: Continuous
By Miguel de Armas
Label: Three Pines Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 06:10

Vijay Iyer, Turnpike Diaries and Other New Releases

by Bob Osborne
June 3, 2021

2021 continues to be the year that delivers excellent new releases. The show includes selection of recent albums including the exceptional new one from Vijay Iyer. There is also a dip in the jazz archive for some music by Graham Collier with a band containing a who's-who of stars of the British Jazz Scene. Also featured ...

What’s to Come

By Miguel de Armas

Label: MDA Productions
Released: 2018
Track listing: Yasmina; A Song From My Little Son; La Dama y el Perro; His Bass and Him; Pam Pim Pam Pum; Illusion; What’s to Come; Rumba on Kent; Tango Asuncion; Freddie’s Drink.

Miguel de Armas: What’s to Come

by C. Michael Bailey
April 28, 2018

Well, there is a word for it. tumbao. The Urban Dictionary defines, tumbao, as “An Afro-Puerto Rican word (or African Caribbean...), which means “an indescribable African sexiness or swing." I have always wanted to know what that thing in Latin jazz is: that certain attitude and approach that runs through the body when this music is ...