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Article: Year in Review

2014: The Year in Jazz

Read "2014: The Year in Jazz" reviewed by Ken Franckling


The year 2014 turned out to be a year noteworthy for its numbers. Newport turned 60, Blue Note turned 75, International Jazz Day's third edition featured 900 events in more than 190 countries. The jazz world lost seven of its NEA Jazz Masters, and New Orleans trumpeter Lionel Ferbos died at 103. Sad but not unexpected, ...

News: Festival

Last Chance To Buy $55 Discount Tickets For Newport Jazz Festival

Last Chance To Buy $55 Discount Tickets For Newport Jazz Festival

The Countdown Is On... $55 Newport Jazz Festival Discount Tickets End July 6 NEWPORT, RI – Don’t let a great local discount slip away... head to the Newport Visitors Information Center, 23 America’s Cup Avenue, by July 6 to take advantage of $55 General Admission tickets for Newport Jazz Festival concerts at Fort Adams State Park ...

Album

The Pedrito Martinez Group

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2013
Track listing: Conciencia; Lengua De Obbara; Travelling Riverside Blues; La Luna; Memorias; La Habana; I'll Be There; Musica; Despues De Todo; Los Santos

Album

Rumba de la Isla

Label:
Released: 2013
Track listing: 01. Que a mí me vió de nacer (F. Sánchez / A. Sánchez) - 5:06; 02. Yo vivo enamorao (J. Monje / A. Humanes) - 4:46; 03. Dos estrellas relucientes / De la alegre primavera (A. Sánchez) - 4:46; 04. Solo vivo pa' quererte (A. Sánchez) - 6:46; 05. Volando voy (K.Veneno) - 6:42; 06. Quiero quitarme esta pena (P. De Lucia) - 6:36; 07. No naqueres na' de mí (A. Sánchez) - 4:40; 08. Gitana te quiero (J. Monje / A. Humanes) - 5:49; 09. Homenaje a Camarón (P.Martinez / R. Diaz) - 5:07.

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Article: Album Review

Pedrito Martinez: The Pedrito Martinez Group

Read "The Pedrito Martinez Group" reviewed by Andrew Luhn


On the front cover of their debut album, The Pedrito Martinez group, declares their music to be “The Latin Jazz Revolution!" and revolutionary might just be the best way to describe the group's music. Pedrito Martinez is undeniably one of the most talented young musicians in Latin music today and has become one of the most ...

News: Music Industry

Motema Takes Flight With Steady Stream of Breakthrough Albums

Motema Takes Flight With Steady Stream of Breakthrough Albums

Motéma Music's tenth anniversary year is in full swing, and as the summer heats up, the Harlem-based label has much cause for celebration. The month of July kicked off with vibraphonist Joe Locke's May release Lay Down My Heart, spending two weeks in the #1 slot on the Jazz Week chart. For the week of July ...

News: Music Industry

New York City's Pedrito Martinez Group Signs with Motéma Music

New York City's Pedrito Martinez Group Signs with Motéma Music

The charismatic Pedrito Martinez Group - a veritable 'Latino Fab Four' - who met and started playing together at the Guantanamera restaurant in New York City five years ago, is led by the much in-demand Cuban percussion wizard Pedrito Martinez. Pedrito has performed on over 100 recordings, including Eddie Palmieri and Bryan Lynch's 2010 Grammy®-winner Sympatico; ...

Article: Album Review

Pedrito Martinez: Rumba de la Isla

Read "Rumba de la Isla" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Prodotto dal regista spagnolo Fernando Trueba (autore del bel documentario Calle 54, dedicato alla musica latina), questo disco celebra l'incontro tra la musica cubana e il flamenco. Protagonista è Pedrito Martinez, uno dei massimi percussionisti dell'isola caraibica residente dall'anno 2000 a New York, di cui ricordiamo le collaborazioni con Paquito D'Rivera, Brian Lynch, Steve Turre, Bebo ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Michele Rosewoman and New Yor-Uba Perform At The Painted Bride, April 13, 2013

Michele Rosewoman and New Yor-Uba Perform At The Painted Bride, April 13, 2013

Michele Rosewoman and New Yor-Uba celebrate the ensemble's 30th anniversary, and the successful funding of its debut CD via a Kickstarter campaign, with a performance at The Painted Bride in Philadelphia on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Over the past three decades, under Rosewoman's direction, New Yor-Uba's repertoire has deepened and evolved. New Yor-Uba premiered at Joseph ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Michele Rosewoman And New Yor-Uba Perform At Roulette, April 5, 2013

Michele Rosewoman And New Yor-Uba Perform At Roulette, April 5, 2013

Michele Rosewoman and New Yor-Uba celebrate the ensemble's 30th anniversary, and the successful funding of its debut CD via a Kickstarter campaign, with a performance at Roulette in Brooklyn on Friday, April 5, 2013. Over the past three decades, under Rosewoman's direction, New Yor-Uba's repertoire has deepened and evolved. New Yor-Uba premiered at Joseph Papp's Public ...


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