‘Jazz-Bytes’ Archives
Carlos Jimenez Mambo Dulcet – Red Tailed Hawk CD
Got an email from Carlos Jimenez a month ago informing me of his Latest CD entitled ” Carlos Jimenez Mambo Dulcet Red Tailed Hawk” and of course I had to get my hands on it; Carlos was kind enough to provide a copy. The work is dedicated to his Grandfather [Read More]
Latino’s and Fast Cars – Lead East – 2011 Parsippany, NJ
Every year dedicated fun loving car aficionados from all parts converge on Parsippany, NJ for what is accurately referred to as the “World’s Biggest 50’s Party”. It’s a Labor Day must do, for us and every year it seems to get better and better, or it could due [Read More]
Neff Irizarry & Nepenthe…..
Neff Irizarry II Guitarist Neff Irizarry and his group Nepenthe combine contemporary Jazz with Afro-Cuban, Brazilian and Puerto Rican styles of music in a way that few have attempted before: the absence of a piano player in a Latin group is rare if not unseen, but in this [Read More]
Salsa Vs. Latin Jazz
Firstly, when one is discussing musical genres, in this age, there can be no “black and white” explanations for anything. There really is no “pure” form of any kind of music anymore, and everything has become a ‘fusion’ of elements. [Read More]
