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News: Radio

Rockwired.Com's All New Jazzed and Blue Podcast Profiles the Oscar Perez Nuevo Comienzo and Their New Release "Afropean Affair"

February 13, 2012

The weekly online radio series Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is back and is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features an exclusive interview with Oscar Perez of the Oscar Perez Nuevo Comienzo regarding the brand new release Afropean Affair. In the opening segment, Perez discusses the inspiration behind the tracks of ...

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Article: Year in Review

Eugene Holley Jr.'s Best Releases of 2011

by Eugene Holley, Jr.
January 6, 2012

At a time when Hispanics are the dominant minority in the United States, The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences has decided to eliminate the Latin Jazz category. This list is posted in solidarity with those who demand that the category be reinstated. Fabian Almazan ...

Album

Afropean Affair

By Oscar Perez

Label: Chandra Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: The Illusive Number; Canaria; As Brothers Would; Paths and Streams; The Afropean Suite (Cosas Lindas Que Viven Ahora; Last Season's Sorrow; A New Day Emerging).

Article: Album Review

Oscar Perez / Nuevo Comienzo: Afropean Affair

Read "Afropean Affair" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne
December 20, 2011

On Afropean Affair , pianist/composer Óscar Pérez treads an appealing line between Afro-Latin jazz and modern jazz reminiscent of the Cuban band Irakere--or, perhaps, the first couple of Chick Corea Return to Forever discs, with saxophonist/flautist Joe Farrell and drummer Airto). A native of New York City, Pérez's early immersion in both Afro-Cuban ...

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News: Festival

OSPAC Jazz Festival 2009

August 13, 2009

A wealth of top jazz artists will perform at the Seventh Annual Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center Jazz Festival, Sept. 12 and 13. Among those appearing at the OSPAC amphitheater, 4 Boland Drive (off Prospect Avenue near Route 280) in West Orange, are the Dizzy Gillespie All Stars with bassist John Lee and trumpeter Claudio Roditi ...

Album

Nuevo Comienzo

By Oscar Perez

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2006
Track listing: My Prelude; Baile de K; El Padrino; Borrowed 'n Blue; Hilltop Arrival; Sweet Duality; Regalo; Solamente Todo; May; Early Endeavor; Nuevo Comienza Motif.

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Article: Album Review

Oscar Perez: Nuevo Comienzo

Read "Nuevo Comienzo" reviewed by Matt Merewitz

by Matt Merewitz
February 28, 2006

Pianist Oscar Perez has not exactly gone unnoticed. Sure, you may not have heard of him before now. But esteemed trombonist Wycliffe Gordon has taken note, as have saxophonist George Garzone, trombonist Curtis Fuller, and composer George Russell, all of whom have incorporated the young New York-based pianist into their ensembles. Perez shows his ample skill ...