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Edmar Castaneda: A World Of Music
by Ian Patterson
The harp may be the least common instrument in jazz/improvised music--even the humble kazoo gets more of a run out. Dating back over 5,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia, the harp in its various guises is common to nearly all cultures across the continents. Throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America the harp is an important element of ...
Ryan Cohan/Geof Bradfield: Chicago, IL, August 11, 2011
by Alex Marianyi
Ryan Cohan, Geof BradfieldMillennium Park Pritzker Pavilion Chicago, ILAugust 11, 2011 The heat wave broke in Chicago and, weather-wise, the night was shaping up to be one of the best all summer. African Journeys, featuring Ryan Cohan and Geof Bradfield, began as saxophonist Bradfield's group took the stage to perform his ...
Recording Artist Ruth Aguilar Live at Miles Jazz Cafe
New York, NY—In support of her latest CD release An Invitation, Ruth Aguilar will be performing live on Saturday, July 23, 2011 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM at the Miles Jazz Café in NYC. At Miles Jazz Café Ms. Aguilar will be performing with Jazz veterans David Epstein on keyboard, Steve LaSpina on bass and Samuel ...
Yaoundé
Label: Found You Recordings
Released: 2010
Track listing: 1. Un Atardecer en Cartagena de Indias; 2. Oye; 3. Yaoundé; 4. Tumaco; 5. Bambuco (to Santa Fé de Bogotá); 6. Cosita Rica - The
Richness of the Small Things; 7. La Niña en el Agua – The Girl in the Water (to my Love Larita); 8. Macondo (Para Lucho
Bermúdez); 9. Ronca el Canalete; 10. Lincoln Tunnel; 11. Rio Magdalena; 12. A Rose (to my Grandmother); 13. Chía - The Moon
Goddess (La diosa luna); 14. Camino del Barrio (to my Uncle Edy Martinez and all the Musicians from the Golden Era of Salsa in NY).
Hector Martignon: Second Chance
by Jerry D'Souza
In his notes to Second Chance, pianist Hector Martignon reflects on second chances and the wide ranging impact they can have on a person. On another plane, he muses on the second chance he has given to some of the compositions he had played with other bands, or to which he had given a different interpretation. ...
Samuel Torres: Yaoundé
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dopo alcune esperienze che lo hanno portato a conoscere realtà di diverso genere - dagli inizi alla corte di Shakira alla lunga militanza nella band di Arturo Sandoval - il percussionista e compositore colombiano Samuel Torres dà alle stampe il suo secondo lavoro da leader, Yaoundé, ispirato da un viaggio in Africa intrapreso qualche anno fa. ...
Robillard & Crownover / Samuel Torres / Andy Cotton: Let's Party!
by J Hunter
Memorial Day, 2010 has come and gone, which means summer is right on its heels. And with summer comes further--and louder--reasons to fire up the grill, cool down the beer (or whatever), and get friends and/or family together to celebrate...well, whatever occasion is handy, up to and including surviving the work week. A party without music ...
Hector Martignon: Second Chance
by Edward Blanco
Columbian-born jazz pianist Hector Martignon firmly believes in second chances in life; whether as a form of redemption or renewal, they serve as important new opportunities. On his second ZOHO release, Second Chance presents an exciting blend of Latin-flavored music, drawing on influences ranging from Brazilian and Colombian idioms to elements of Afro-Cuban rhythms, in a ...
Edmar Castaneda: Entre Cuerdas
by Russ Musto
Although jazz aficionados have become accustomed to the regular expansion of the music's vocabulary coming from the Caribbean and South America, virtually nothing in the history of the increasingly diverse genre known as “Latin jazz" has prepared audiences for the uniquely innovative sound of Edmar Castaneda. A native of Colombia, Castaneda plays “el arpa llanera," the ...
