Results for "Yosvany Terry"

Yosvany Terry

Born in Cuba, he received his earliest musical training from his father, Eladio "Don Pancho" Terry , violinist and Cuba's leading player of the Chekeré. His father was also known as the founder and director of the "Orquesta Maravillas de Florida," one of Cuba's most important charanga bands. Mr. Terry went on to receive his classical music training and graduated from both the prestigious National School of Art (ENA) and Amadeo Roldan Conservatory. While in Cuba, Yosvany was known for his musical innovation performing with the likes of legends, such as Chucho Valdez, Silvio Rogriguez, Fito Paez, and Cubanismo, as well as forming the influential group, Columna B

Fiftieth Anniversary Blue Notes for September

by Marc Cohn
September 18, 2020

Blue Note fiftieth anniversaries, as usual, on this first show of the month: Reuben Wilson (A Groovy Situation), McCoy Tyner (Asante) and Jimmy McGriff (Something to Listen to). And there's another James P. Johnson Blue Note single (BN-26) that includes “Caprice Rag" (piano players, pay attention). We've also got 21st century music from the U.K.'s Sarah ...

Dayramir Gonzalez: The Grand Concourse

by Angelo Leonardi
May 20, 2019

Siamo abituati al debutto di prodigiosi pianisti cubani ma Dayramir González non è solo questo. Come Fabian Almazan appartiene alla nuova generazione di strumentisti maturata negli Stati Uniti, capace di sofisticate sintesi orchestrali, coniugando le radici popolari ed etniche della terra d'origine, le forme del jazz ed evidenti riferimenti classici. Nato e cresciuto all'Avana ...

Pianist Romain Collin Releases Eighth Video In #taurussesh Series

March 5, 2019

Romain Collin releases another new video in #TaurusSesh, a series of intimate videos in which he explores the vast musical possibilities offered by his unique combination of acoustic piano, vocal loops and textures, and the bass synthesizer Moog Taurus. The newest video features Collin with saxophonist Yosvany Terry in the original Terry tune “Reuniendo La Nacion." ...

2019 Winter JazzFest: The Out of Towners

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 12, 2019

Read Winter JazzFest's Weekend Marathon: A Survival Guide while listening to this program. New York may have the highest density of daily jazz performances in the world, but they mostly feature the countless, and very busy, musicians that belong to the local scene. The Winter JazzFest has traditionally offered a very welcome opportunity to ...

Pianist Romain Collin Launches #taurussesh: Intimate video series features Collin and special guests

January 9, 2019

Romain Collin has just launched #TaurusSesh, a series of intimate videos in which he explores the vast musical possibilities offered by his unique combination of acoustic piano, vocal loops and textures, and the bass synthesizer Moog Taurus. The first clip, the original Collin composition “Raw, Scorched and Untethered," features Collin playing solo. All other videos will ...

2019 Winter JazzFest's Weekend Marathon: A Survival Guide

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 7, 2019

With each passing year, Winter JazzFest—New York's premiere jazz festival—has expanded the number of venues presenting an increasingly diverse array of musicians. There are several ways to approach a programme as dense and exciting as the 2019 edition of the two-day Marathon spanning January 11th and 12th. Thanks to an embarrassment of riches, festival goers face ...

Nice Jazz Festival 2018

by Martin McFie
August 1, 2018

Nice Jazz Festival Nice, France July 16-21, 2018 The 2018 Nice festival started like a damp squib when a crashing, flashing thunderstorm hit the city an hour before the opening. The ensuing deluge made the stages and electrics unsafe. With no chance of rescheduling, most musicians left town for their ...

Bohemian Trio: Okònkolo

by Neri Pollastri
April 19, 2018

Raffinata formazione in equilibrio tra camerismo e jazz, musica cubana ed europea, questo trio nasce per iniziativa del pianista Orlando Alonso e del sassofonista Yosvany Terry, entrambi cubani diplomati al conservatorio e con studi alla Juilliard, quando nel 2012 sentono l'esigenza di mettere a punto un progetto che fosse la sintesi dei molti stimoli e interessi ...

Bestselling Author T.J. English To Host New York Latin Jazz Series

April 19, 2018

Bestselling author and Latin music lover T.J. English is hosting and curating In Touch Entertainment’s Dangerous Rhythms series held in a legendary New York venue, Zinc. The next program of the series, which focuses on Latin jazz, will take place on April 19 and feature Gerardo Contino Y Los Habaneros, named in 2015 by NPR/WNYC stations ...