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Plus: new music by Nature Work, ¿Que Vola? and Melissa Gardiner.Preservation Hall Jazz Band, “Keep Your Head Up”A Tuba to Cuba, a colorful feature-length…
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As the Cuban maestro prepares for BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! on Wednesday, here's the story behind his influential project Jazz Batá.When we last heard from…
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The Cuban mambo group Orquestra Akokán visited our studio at WBGO yesterday. In this Checkout podcast, you'll hear their full performance, and my…
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Pianist Harold López-Nussa opens a busy week in the Northeast tonight and Wednesday at Jazz Standard in New York City. His trio is out and about to…
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Since Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo birthed "Manteca" in the '40s just as Cuban musicians like Machito were shaking up New York's jazz scene, Afro-Cuban…
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While he has many fascinating stories to tell, pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez is all about the music. During his recent visit to our performance…
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Arturo O’Farrill makes music steeped in the pantheon of Afro-Latin culture. He can’t help it. It’s in his DNA.In addition to playing the piano, O’Farrill…
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For nearly two decades, the Cuban drummer and composer Dafnis Prieto has been a creative force best measured by the scale of his ambition.A 2011 MacArthur…
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I quit buying Cuban cigars in Montreal 20 years ago. U.S. Customs back then was just inside the airport entrance — and, before 9/11, security was not much…
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Take Five: Ahmad Jamal, Fabian Almazan, Bobby Carcassés, Binker and Moses, New Orleans Swamp DonkeysTwo brilliant pianists. Two ebullient Cubans. Two intrepid young Englishmen. Two lovable standards, in new colors. The math may not seem to add up in this…