ORLANDO “MARACA” VALLE, Flute EDMAR CASTAÑEDA, Harp EDWARD SIMON, Piano LUQUES CURTIS, Bass DANIEL FREEDMAN, Drums, Percussion “Jazz is dead” is one of the evergreens in jazz literature. Yet for all the challenges, real and perceived facing jazz in the cultural marketplace, the real story for the past few decades has been the triumph of …
PAQUITO D’RIVERA, Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Conductor Diego Urcola, Trumpet, Valve Trombone Alex Brown, Piano Oscar Stagnaro, Electric Bass Mark Walker, Drums Pernell Saturnino, Percussion With Quinteto Cimarrón Eduardo Coma Vega, First Violin Lazaro Gonzalez Peña, Second Violin Raymond Arteaga Morales, Viola Luis Caballero Varona, Cello Oscar Rodriguez Calvo, Bass Paquito D’Rivera has been tweaking …
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The geographic distance between New Orleans and Havana can be measured in miles. Musically, talk of distances can be deceiving. Cuban pianist and composer Jesus “Chucho” Valdés (pictured) likes to illustrate the point with an elegant sleight of hand; he begins by playing Scott Joplin’s classic “The Entertainer” as a ragtime, and then subtly, imperceptibly …
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