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A reissue of an obscure 1971 release by New York Latin soul-jazz heavyweights Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers, this version of Yaina tacks on [More]

Get ready to be transported back to the vibrant streets of New York City with Tata Vasquez And His Orchestra’s exhilarating album, “Ecstasy.” Produced by [More]

Sofrito, the 1976 album by Latin jazz great Mongo Santamaría, is to be reissued in a remastered vinyl edition on May 13 by Craft Latino, [More]

Recorded live in Zurich, this is one of the finest recordings by Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band. Mixing together bop and post-bop with [More]

Herbie Mann’s African Suite (also released as St. Thomas) is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1959 and first released on [More]

Track listing: Presentation Jan Gheysen 00:00 From the “We Insist! Freedom Now Suite”: Intro 2:30 Driva Man 4:50 Triptych (Prayer/Protest/ Peace) 9:58 All Africa 19:09 [More]

“This CD is both historic and quite exciting. Bebo Valdes (father of Chucho, the leader of Irakere) was one of the giants of Cuban jazz [More]

“The answer to this CD’s title is the musicians. The heated bebop-oriented session finds Paquito D’Rivera joined by trumpeter Claudio Roditi, flügelhornist Mark Morganelli, Danilo [More]

Track listing: Irakere (0:00) Son No.2 (8:53) Neurosis (19:21) Laureen (25:23) Palia (32:39) Personnel: Chucho Valdes – piano _________________ 1973, Areito

“As he did on his other ’66 session (Tough!), Pucho mixed pop and soul hits with the stronger stuff. That means the best and funkiest [More]