Although veteran composer John Finbury surprised the Latin music scene a few years ago with a Latin Grammy Song of the Year nomination...

A decades-long presence on the NYC area jazz scene, trumpeter Mark Morganelli has produced 40 albums for Candid Records (including Speak...

Some singers were simply born to seduce, and listening to the lush, swinging and swaying debut album by Gretje Angell is like taking a...

Eighteen albums into his incredible run as an indie artist, Pablo Embon presents several fascinating dualities that continue to set him...

The packaging of this freewheeling, gorgeously orchestrated whirlwind through the many facets of Brazilian music (samba, baiao, waltzes,...

It’s always inspiring when contemporary legends pay homage to their legendary musical influences, and Brazilian piano great Antonio...

Bowie. Prince. Petty. Cornell. Frey. Aretha. Chuck. Fats. Dr. John….To counter and ease our mourning over the musical legends that have...

It’s one of Southern California’s great jazz traditions. Whatever’s going on in the world, the Playboy Jazz Festival, in all its glorious...

Influenced by a wild expanse of influences from Radiohead and Argentina’s Soda Stereo to Canadian indie rockers Broken Social Scene and...

Argentine bassist/composer Pablo Langouguere has been living and making music in NYC since 2013, but his melodic musings and rhythmic...

Not that we truly needed a refresher, but we learn in the liner notes to Art “Turk” Burton’s free for all celebration of all things...

The Girl from Ipanema never had it so good, sashayed so beautifully or danced in the balmy sunshine so long. Attributed to Brazilian...