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Tag: Jazz
Artist Profiles: Hermeto Pascoal
Hermeto Pascoal was a prominent Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. His compositions appeared on albums by Miles Davis and other jazz heavyweights. He was born in…
The Salsa Music of Ismael Rivera Reconstructed for Alto Saxophone
Miguel Zenón – Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera (Miel Music, 2019) Puerto Rican composer, arranger and virtuoso saxophonist Miguel Zenón continues his series of…
Joyce’s Exquisite Renditions of English-language Standards
Joyce Moreno – Cool (Far Out Recordings, 2016) Joyce Moreno, one of the greatest Brazilian Popular Music (MPB) singer-songwriters, switches to English on Cool. Joyce…
Celebrated Dominican Pianist Michel Camilo Releases Essence
Pianist, composer and bandleader Michel Camilo revisits some of his essential music on Essence, featuring new arrangements. Camilo is an award-winning pianist who has a…
Big Statements and African Diaspora Roots Sounds from Leyla McCalla
Leyla McCalla – Capitalist Blues (PIAS, 2019) Capitalist Blues is the third album by former Carolina Chocolate Drops cellist and singer-songwriter, Leyla McCalla. On Capitalist…
Artist Profiles: Andy Narell
Though a native of New York, Andy Narell has spent more than two decades developing a global reputation as a steel pan virtuoso whose multicultural…
Artist Profiles: Bill Frisell
In a career that spans more than 20 years and numerous recordings, guitarist, composer and bandleader. Frisell’s Nonesuch discography includes 16 albums, ranging from original…
APAP 2019 Rewind: Tell It, Sing It, Play It Like It Is – Towards Social Justice
With Observations by Catalina Maria Johnson, Neva Wartell, Brice Rosenbloom In these convulsive times, we affirm that the performing arts are a force, and that…
Artist Profiles: Anouar Brahem
Anouar Brahem was born in 1957 in Halfawine in the Medina of Tunis. Encouraged by his father, an engraver and printer, and music lover as…