Artist: Fernando Knopf
Song: Obsesión
CD: La Música es Sentimientos
Label: CD Baby
Year: 2014

Fernando Knopf: Obsesión

While the cello may have been put on the map of jazz, so to speak, by the great Oscar Pettiford, the instrument really came into its own under the auspices of Abdul Wadud, Deidre Murray and, of course, Akua Dixon. Read more at: http://wp.me/p5EGXu-3fs

Artist: Akua Dixon | Song: A Gozar Con Mi Combo | CD: Akua Dixon | Label: Independent | Year: 2015

Akua Dixon: A Gozar Con Mi Combo

The road to the NYC Sessions has been a long and painful one. He almost never played piano again after a freak accident. Thank God he got better and was able to make some fine music again. This album is just plain sensational. Read more at: http://latinjazznet.com/2015/02/08/features/album-of-the-week/dave-bass-nyc-sessions/

Artist: Dave Bass | Song: Lost Mambo | CD: NYC Sessions | Label: Whaling City Sound | Year: 2015

Dave Bass: Lost Mambo

Artist: Colette Michaan
Song: Identidad
CD: Incarnate/Encarna
Label: Independent
Year: 2014

The third solo album of Colette Michaan, Incarnate/Encarna—the second, since her amazing album Querencia—is a notable achievement on various levels. The team of pianist and arranger Pablo Vergara, the quintessential trombonist Ruet Regev, violinist Mireya Ramos, sensational harmonica player Grégoire Maret, bassist Jorge Bringas, percussionists Román Díaz, Luisito Quintero, Yusnier Sánchez Bustamante and drummer Harvey Wirht as well as Fernando Aponte, Akihiro Nishimura and Tim Marchiafava (engineers), photographer Erin O’Brien and graphic designer Andrea von Bujdoss have combined to produce an album of lasting beauty.
Read full review at: http://latinjazznet.com/2015/03/09/reviews/cds/colette-michaan-incarnate-encarna/

Colette Michaan: Identidad

Trombonist Papo Vázquez is the mightiest of the Mighty Pirates Troubadours. His sound is bold; his tone is brazen and ground out as if from a mill as ancient as the Afro-Latin tradition itself. He growls when the music provokes him, yet he can be tender when you least expect it. Read more at: http://wp.me/p5EGXu-3hZ

Artist: Papo Vazquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours
Song: Palo Incao
CD: Spirit Warrior
Label: Pícaro Records
Year: 2015

Papo Vazquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours: Palo Incao

Artist: Giovanni Hidalgo
Song: Bahia San Juan
CD: Villa Hidalgo
Label: Messidor/Timba Records
Year: 1998

Giovanni Hidalgo: Bahia San Juan

Artist: Duduka Da Fonseca Trio
Song: El Gaucho
CD: Jive Samba
Label: Zoho Music
Year: 2015

Duduka Da Fonseca Trio: El Gaucho

Artist: Reggie Quinerly
Song: Tavares
CD: Invictus
Label: Redefinition Music
Year: 2015

Reggie Quinerly: Tavares

Artist: Jamie Dubberly & Orquesta Dharma | Song: Mambo Pacific
CD: La Clave del Gumbo | Label: Higher Truth Records | Year: 2015

Jamie Dubberly & Orquesta Dharma: Mambo Pacific

Artist: Zeynep Osbilen | Song: Spinning Wheel | CD: [ zee ] | Label: Independent | Year: 2015

Zeynep Osbilen: Spinning Wheel

Artist: Edsel Gómez | Song: Tertulia Samba | CD: Road to Udaipur | Label: Zoho Music | Year: 2015

Edsel Gomez: Tertulia Samba

Artist: Antonio Adolfo | Song: SamboJazz | CD: Tema | Label: AAM (Antonio Adolfo Music) | Year: 2015

What a marvelous disc this is. Absolutely marvelous. Antonio Adolfo and his music have been congenial bedfellows and the Brazilian’s pianism and his music are compelling on many different levels. There is a sense of sharing the sheer sensuous thrill of Mr. Adolfo’s keyboard writing. This is particularly evident in the more virile movements such as the fierce and brilliant “SamboJazz” that nestles in the centre of this disc. Read full review at http://wp.me/p5EGXu-3C1

Antonio Adolfo: SamboJazz

Artist: Yuko Ito | Song: Batucada Surgiu | CD: O Cantador | Label: Funny Baby Face Records | Year: 2014

Yuko Ito: Batucada Surgiu

Artist: Dayren Santamaria | Song: Belleza | CD: Belleza | Label: Independent | Year: 2015

A violinist who tends towards relative introversion and a pianist who tends the other way. Put them together and something magical happens within the tensions they engender. Of course there are other musicians as well, and they drive the rhythmic brilliance of this album, but it is ultimately a young violinist Dayren Santamaria and a wizened pianist Oscar Hernández who share the experience. Read more at: http://wp.me/p5EGXu-3GT

Dayren Santamaria: Belleza

Artist: Bobby Carcassés | Song: De La Habana A Nueva York | CD: De La Habana A Nueva York | Label: Vero Records | Year: 2010

The insane revelry of the guaguancó kicks off De La Habana a Nueva York, and produces a blue flame of energy from an all, but forgotten master musician, Bobby Carcassés. The Cuban-born flugelhorn player, pianist, percussionist, raconteur and vocalist of exceptional talent and virtuosity has been making a quiet noise—heard, sadly, only by his musical peers—for over fifty years. With this fine album, it is hoped that the world will listen. Read full review at http://wp.me/p5EGXu-iu

Bobby Carcassés: De La Habana A Nueva York

Artist: Iván Melón Lewis | Song: Ayer y Hoy | CD: Ayer y Hoy | Label: Cezanne Producciones | Year: 2015

Iván Melón Lewis: Ayer Y Hoy

Artist: Danilo Brito | Song: Sobrou Meio | CD: Danilo Brito | Label: Orpheu Music | Year: 2014

Danilo Brito: Sobrou Meio

Artist: RumbaJazz | Song: Perdido | CD: Tribute to Chombo | Label: Sunnyside Records | Year: 1999

Rumbajazz: Perdido

Artist: Socrates Garcia Latin Jazz Orchestra | Song: Calle El Conde A Las 8:00 | CD: Back Home | Label: Mama Records | Year: 2016

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