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Blue Mambo in the Listening Center
Looking for some new music to get you geared up for Election Day? Head over to the LJC Listening Center where you can download the track “Cafe Sin Leche” from our current Spotlight artist, Blue Mambo. The track provides an addictive feel that walks the line between contemporary Latin Jazz and Cuban timba. Saxophonist Al Acosta ...
10 Latin Jazz Perspectives on Horace Silver
Over the past fifty years, Hard Bop’s bluesy mixture of bebop harmonies, soulful melodies, and tight band breaks has held the attention of the jazz world with one musical figure standing at the forefront: pianist Horace Silver. Moving from an early jump into the professional music world with Stan Getz to a regular gig at Birdland ...
One Latin Jazz Album That Obama and McCain Have to Hear Before Election Day
We’re taking a day away from our regular schedule to reflect upon the political system in the United States. Considering that our U.S. readers will experience Election Day next Tuesday, it seems like a timely thing to consider. It’s also a great opportunity to see how politics have inspired creative expression in the Latin Jazz world... ...
Making Connections Through Essential Outreach: Latin Jazz Vocalists on Video
The American public often sees jazz as an insider’s art; an exclusive music that plays to the hip crowd while leaving the general public cold. Jazz lovers talk about things like personal expression and individual identity, concepts that don’t always resonate with the greater population. Jazz lovers speak with familiarity about artists like “Bird,” “Trane,” or ...
4 Latin Jazz Vocalists Forging Their Own Identities
Vocalists hold an interesting and endearing position in the jazz world. When an instrumentalist improvises or even plays a melody, they are leaving their message up for interpretation. A vocalist can share the meaning behind a melody with exact precision, simply because they are using lyrics. They still have the same set of musical tools at ...
5 Artists That Are Making Us Question Our Assumptions About Latin Jazz
At its most basic level, good music forces us to reflect upon ourselves and question our lives. Music speaks volumes about culture, from the most established concepts to the ever-changing modern edge. When we hear inspiring music, it should make us examine our relationship to culture and consider recent changes in our own communities. Tradition shines ...
Musical Dynasties - The Valdes Family on Video
Yesterday’s post on 10 albums from Irakere alumni got me thinking about the impact of bands that display long-term perseverance. A band like Irakere leaves such a wide swatch of influence, simply due to the amount of time that it exists. It reaches several generations worth of listeners, who all find ways to integrate the influence ...
Reflections Upon an Influential Education: 10 Albums from Irakere Alumni
Influential bands that exist over a long time period provide more than just great entertainment; they often serve as schools for the musicians that constitute the group. A group with strong staying power almost always has a foundation built on the great musicianship of its core members. The lessons that these musicians share with each other, ...
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