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Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Since their arrival in 2000, Spanish Harlem Orchestra (SHO) has established itself as a standard bearer of contemporary Latin music. Directed by world-renowned pianist, arranger, and producer Oscar Hernández, the thirteen-member all-star ensemble has reintroduced the classic sounds of New York City Salsa to music lovers worldwide. Now in its tenth year, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra is one of the most formidable and authentic Latin jazz combos of today. Yet for all of its appeal with contemporary audiences, the group’s success is actually rooted in the past. A lively and energetic affair, their 2010 release “Viva la Tradición” draws on inspiration from the music’s history and enduring traditions. From their 2002 debut album, “Un Gran Dia En El Barrio,” SHO revived the classic 1970 NYC sounds with a new hard hitting point-of-view

Rachmaninoff en Ritmo

By Terry Heimat

Label: Pier 5
Released: 2026
Track listing: Rachmaninoff en Ritmo

South Beach Jazz Festival Marks 10 Years In Miami Beach With Grammy Winners And World-renowned Artists

December 13, 2025

The South Beach Jazz Festival, presented by local non-profit Power Access, celebrates its 10th anniversary January 8–11, 2026, with a lineup worthy of its milestone year. The four-day festival will feature Grammy Award-winning and internationally acclaimed artists, and local legends performing throughout Miami Beach at venues including Faena Theater, The Bass Museum of Art, Collins Park, ...

Spanish Harlem Orchestra: Swing Forever

by Angelo Leonardi
July 4, 2025

La prorompente miscela di “salsa dura" con elementi afrocubani e influenze jazz torna in questo nono disco della Spanish Harlem Orchestra, sempre guidata dal suo fondatore Oscar Hernández. Se il precedente album era dedicato alla memoria dei grandi bandleader Manny Oquendo, Barry Rogers, Andy e Jerry Gonzalez stavolta ci si ispira allo swing delle big band, ...

Swing Forever

By Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Label: Ovation Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Yo Vine Pa' Echar Candela; Ven Goza Conmigo; Cuando Te Vi; Las Calles; Llegó El Caballero; Sentimiento De Mi Son; Anhelo En La Lluvia; Bailador; Mi Mambo Sonó; El Amor De Carolina; Swing Forever.

Kiki Valera: Vacilón Santiaguero

by Paul Rauch
June 30, 2024

Son Cubano, the music and dance from the hill country of eastern Cuba, may be a mystery to some readers of these pages. Though the form is rooted in both Spanish and Bantu traditions, its modern day practitioners, embodied and popularized by the music of Buena Vista Social Club, have broadened the music's view. In the ...

Freedom Suite, Blanche Calloway, Jazz at the Philharmonic

by David Brown
February 16, 2024

This week we'll celebrate the recording milestone of Sonny Rollins' Freedom Suite, recorded 66 years ago this weekend on February 11, 1958; then a birthday tribute to singer, bandleader Blanche Calloway born this weened in 1902 who was a first woman to lean an all-male jazz band; and we'll tour with Jazz at the Philharmonic for ...

Spanish Harlem Orchestra: Imagenes Latinas

by Angelo Leonardi
February 2, 2023

L'ottavo album della Spanish Harlem Orchestra celebra il secondo decennio della formazione e colleziona un'altra nomination al Grammy, dopo averne vinti tre. Guidata dal pianista e compositore Oscar Hernández, la big band è una delle voci più acclamate del latin jazz, e si pone sulla scia dei leggendari Manny Oquendo, Barry Rogers, Andy e Jerry Gonzalez ...

Jon Irabagon, Laura Jurd, Seamus Blake, Quentin Ghomari & More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 6, 2022

Perusing hundreds of new jazz albums is a trying job. But somebody's got do it. And we do it so you don't have to. So please sit back, relax and enjoy some the most delicious bites of the gargantuan meal that artists and labels have been cooking out of late...A musical bon appétit!

2021 Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

by John Chacona
September 21, 2021

Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Cain Park September 11-12, 2021 Witnessing the moment-by-moment interaction between musicians is one of the sublime pleasures of attending a jazz concert. There were plenty of opportunities to do just that during the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, but for me the sweetest such encounter didn't occur onstage. It happened between ...