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The production of Olas y Arenas began in the summer of 2019 and now, in November of 2021, it has come to fruition. The CD is out and a debut concert was held on November 23 in Madrid, to great critical acclaim.

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I received the photo above today, October 15, 2021, from a colleague who was visiting Madrid. The marker was placed thanks to the effort of Dick Angstadt, former owner and operator of the Madrid Jazz club Bogui Jazz. Bog...

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A standard definition of art would say that it is activity involving creativity and imagination to express beauty. But the concept of art also involves action that is technically proficient or that expresses a concept, a...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/art-of-the-descarga","title":"Art of the descarga","summary":"A standard definition of art would say that it is activity involving creativity and imagination to express beauty. But the concept of art also involves action that is technically proficient or that expresses a concept, a...","date_modified":"2021-07-08T00:47:15Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/gone-baby-gone","html_content":"

Yesterday was an ordinary day until my email delivered the news that the Jazz Standard in New York City would be no more. The email read:

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En un video corto sobre Mon Rivera, producido por César Colón-Montijo, Robert Padilla alega que en el disco de Rivera Que gente averiguá, Eddie Palmieri toca en dos temas: \"Lluvia con nieve\" y \"En Casa de Pepe.\" Padilla ...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/como-se-crea-un-est%C3%A1ndar","title":"Como se crea un estándar","summary":"En un video corto sobre Mon Rivera, producido por César Colón-Montijo, Robert Padilla alega que en el disco de Rivera Que gente averiguá, Eddie Palmieri toca en dos temas: \"Lluvia con nieve\" y \"En Casa de Pepe.\" Padilla ...","date_modified":"2020-10-30T18:33:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/se-acaba-este-mundo","html_content":"

On July 14, 2019, I wrote in this blog: \"What are my prospects when I come back to the city next summer?\" Next summer meant June 2020 and the city of reference was Madrid, where since 2015 I have lived in for periods ra...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/se-acaba-este-mundo","title":"Se acaba este mundo","summary":" On July 14, 2019, I wrote in this blog: \"What are my prospects when I come back to the city next summer?\" Next summer meant June 2020 and the city of reference was Madrid, where since 2015 I have lived in for periods ra...","date_modified":"2020-06-20T21:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/a-nice-place-to-visit","html_content":"

This morning, at the Good Stuff Diner on 14th street and 6th Avenue in New York, the man who sat me and poured my wake-up dose of coffee was Mexican. The waitress who took my order and kept coming back every two minutes ...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/a-nice-place-to-visit","title":"A Nice Place to Visit","summary":"This morning, at the Good Stuff Diner on 14th street and 6th Avenue in New York, the man who sat me and poured my wake-up dose of coffee was Mexican. The waitress who took my order and kept coming back every two minutes ...","date_modified":"2019-12-21T15:59:57Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/why-i-dont-care-to-hang-out-with-famous-people","html_content":"

You may wonder what the hell, José Cruz is off his rocker. Who does he think he is? Like the fox in Aesop's fable, who covers for her inability to get the grapes she craves by dismissing them as not being ripe anyway, he...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/why-i-dont-care-to-hang-out-with-famous-people","title":"Why I don't Care to Hang Out with Famous People","summary":"You may wonder what the hell, José Cruz is off his rocker. Who does he think he is? Like the fox in Aesop's fable, who covers for her inability to get the grapes she craves by dismissing them as not being ripe anyway, he...","date_modified":"2019-12-15T14:20:49Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/originals-should-be-enough","html_content":"

Recently I was listening to Carlos D'Castro's Legend, which is a compilation/reprise of Tito Puente songs. After a while, I kinda jumped out of my skin and asked myself, \"Why the hell am I listening to this when I can li...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/originals-should-be-enough","title":"Originals Should be Enough","summary":"Recently I was listening to Carlos D'Castro's Legend, which is a compilation/reprise of Tito Puente songs. After a while, I kinda jumped out of my skin and asked myself, \"Why the hell am I listening to this when I can li...","date_modified":"2019-12-13T22:05:56Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/unos-vienen-y-otros-van","html_content":"

A few days ago I went to the library looking for a book of short stories by the Puerto Rican writer Luis Negrón. On my way to the shelves I stumbled upon a book titled Subtext, Beyond Plot. Intrigued by the title, I pick...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/unos-vienen-y-otros-van","title":"Unos vienen y otros van","summary":"A few days ago I went to the library looking for a book of short stories by the Puerto Rican writer Luis Negrón. On my way to the shelves I stumbled upon a book titled Subtext, Beyond Plot. Intrigued by the title, I pick...","date_modified":"2019-12-09T15:45:42Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/a-portrait-of-mongo-santamar%C3%ADa","html_content":"

Ramón “Mongo” Santamaría Rodríguez was born on April 7, 1917 in the barrio Jesús María of Havana, Cuba. His father, Ramón Santamaría Giménez, was a construction worker and his mother, Felicia Rodríguez Bazán, sold coff...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/a-portrait-of-mongo-santamar%C3%ADa","title":"A Portrait of Mongo Santamaría","summary":" Ramón “Mongo” Santamaría Rodríguez was born on April 7, 1917 in the barrio Jesús María of Havana, Cuba. His father, Ramón Santamaría Giménez, was a construction worker and his mother, Felicia Rodríguez Bazán, sold coff...","date_modified":"2019-10-21T18:47:30Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/como-me-gustas","html_content":"

I recently traveled to Taos, New Mexico to attend a retrospective show featuring the work of my late father-in-law Harry Nadler at the Stables Gallery in Taos' Community Art Center. The picture included here is of one of...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/como-me-gustas","title":"Como Me Gustas","summary":"I recently traveled to Taos, New Mexico to attend a retrospective show featuring the work of my late father-in-law Harry Nadler at the Stables Gallery in Taos' Community Art Center. The picture included here is of one of...","date_modified":"2019-10-19T19:57:24Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/lamento-borincano","html_content":"

In a previous blog I wrote that Madrid is a city of many charms and surprises. I do not believe this based on the type of superficial acquaintance that leads many visitors to proclaim that it is the nicest and most beaut...

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Would I be exaggerating if I said that cubans are the dominant force in Latin jazz in Spain right now? Think about it. Latin jazz may be a small universe, relatively speaking, but in that universe the Madrid constellatio...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/el-que-tiene-clave-sabe","title":"El Que Tiene Clave Sabe","summary":"Would I be exaggerating if I said that cubans are the dominant force in Latin jazz in Spain right now? Think about it. Latin jazz may be a small universe, relatively speaking, but in that universe the Madrid constellatio...","date_modified":"2019-07-08T17:13:20Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/who-do-you-play-for","html_content":"

Officially, Bogui Jazz is in the neighborhood of Justicia in Madrid's Centro district but in order for people to get a real sense of the location of the club all you have to say is that it is in Chueca. The club is only ...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/who-do-you-play-for","title":"Who do you Play For?","summary":"Officially, Bogui Jazz is in the neighborhood of Justicia in Madrid's Centro district but in order for people to get a real sense of the location of the club all you have to say is that it is in Chueca. The club is only ...","date_modified":"2019-07-07T10:06:37Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/mozart-in-cariberia","html_content":"

A few nights ago, on June 30, at Sala Clamores, a jazz club on Calle Albuquerque 4, in the Trafalgar neighborhood of Madrid's Chamberí district, my friend and colleague from Universidad Complutense José Antonio Sánchez R...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/mozart-in-cariberia","title":"Mozart in Cariberia","summary":"A few nights ago, on June 30, at Sala Clamores, a jazz club on Calle Albuquerque 4, in the Trafalgar neighborhood of Madrid's Chamberí district, my friend and colleague from Universidad Complutense José Antonio Sánchez R...","date_modified":"2019-07-05T15:56:54Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/music-is-better-than-bread","html_content":"

Musical experiences are both healing and cathartic. Thinking about the future, reading about politics, teaching catatonic students often stresses me out to the point where I feel every muscle in my body stretched like pi...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/music-is-better-than-bread","title":"Music is Better than Bread","summary":"Musical experiences are both healing and cathartic. Thinking about the future, reading about politics, teaching catatonic students often stresses me out to the point where I feel every muscle in my body stretched like pi...","date_modified":"2019-06-30T16:32:29Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/amapola-de-mi-tierra-ven-a-m%C3%AD","html_content":"

As I listen to Vicente Soto \"Sordera's\" new record paying homage to women, singing in that plaintive tone that is a mix of deeply felt happiness and despair, with a rhythmic pounding on a table as his only accompaniment,...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/amapola-de-mi-tierra-ven-a-m%C3%AD","title":"Amapola de mi Tierra, Ven A Mí","summary":"As I listen to Vicente Soto \"Sordera's\" new record paying homage to women, singing in that plaintive tone that is a mix of deeply felt happiness and despair, with a rhythmic pounding on a table as his only accompaniment,...","date_modified":"2019-06-25T16:29:26Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/de-madrid-al-cielo","html_content":"

It's been six years now that my standard answer to the yearly question from my friends: \"What are you doing this summer?\" has been \"I'll be in Madrid.\" Most of the time the rejoinder is \"You have really fallen in love wi...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/de-madrid-al-cielo","title":"De Madrid al Cielo","summary":"It's been six years now that my standard answer to the yearly question from my friends: \"What are you doing this summer?\" has been \"I'll be in Madrid.\" Most of the time the rejoinder is \"You have really fallen in love wi...","date_modified":"2019-06-20T11:58:36Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/la-vida-te-d%C3%A1-sorpresas","html_content":"

Madrid is a city of charm and surprises. Sometimes these surprises have little to do with the city itself and more with the breakdown of boundaries that air travel and technology have wrought upon the planet. I've had th...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/la-vida-te-d%C3%A1-sorpresas","title":"La Vida te dá Sorpresas","summary":"Madrid is a city of charm and surprises. Sometimes these surprises have little to do with the city itself and more with the breakdown of boundaries that air travel and technology have wrought upon the planet. I've had th...","date_modified":"2019-06-14T17:10:13Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/the-tyranny-of-the-algorithm","html_content":"

The other day I read on the internet that an algorithm is basically a recipe, a formula that tells somebody, somewhere, what to do. \"An algorithm,\" read the definition I saw online, authored by who knows, \"is a fancy to-...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/the-tyranny-of-the-algorithm","title":"The Tyranny of the Algorithm","summary":"The other day I read on the internet that an algorithm is basically a recipe, a formula that tells somebody, somewhere, what to do. \"An algorithm,\" read the definition I saw online, authored by who knows, \"is a fancy to-...","date_modified":"2019-05-02T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/anniversary","html_content":"

It's been ten years since my first Jazz/Latino blogpost and twelve since Jazz/Latino was founded. I remember vividly our first concerts at the First Unitarian Society in Schenectady a.k.a. The Whisperdome. I was a rookie...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/anniversary","title":"Anniversary","summary":"It's been ten years since my first Jazz/Latino blogpost and twelve since Jazz/Latino was founded. I remember vividly our first concerts at the First Unitarian Society in Schenectady a.k.a. The Whisperdome. I was a rookie...","date_modified":"2019-04-30T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/the-making-of-el-pa%C3%B1uelo-de-pepa","html_content":"

I don't know how common it is for a live performance to spark a recording project but that's the way it was for me. In 2017, I knew Javier Colina, a renowned Spanish bass player, before I met him. I didn't know Pepe Riv...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/the-making-of-el-pa%C3%B1uelo-de-pepa","title":"The Making of El Pañuelo de Pepa","summary":" I don't know how common it is for a live performance to spark a recording project but that's the way it was for me. In 2017, I knew Javier Colina, a renowned Spanish bass player, before I met him. I didn't know Pepe Riv...","date_modified":"2019-04-29T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/a-new-venture","html_content":"

As I mentioned in my last post, virtually a year ago, one of the great jazz shows I saw in Madrid during the summer of 2017 was a simple piano-bass duo by the Cuban pianist Pepe Rivero and the Spanish bassist Javier Coli...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/a-new-venture","title":"A New Venture","summary":"As I mentioned in my last post, virtually a year ago, one of the great jazz shows I saw in Madrid during the summer of 2017 was a simple piano-bass duo by the Cuban pianist Pepe Rivero and the Spanish bassist Javier Coli...","date_modified":"2018-09-14T23:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/getting-ready","html_content":"

The year 2017 is almost gone and with its departure the Latin jazz highlights of the year will soon fade away from memory. It was a mildly good year for Latin jazz in the Capital Region. In May, Rebecca Cline and Nicki D...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/getting-ready","title":"Getting Ready","summary":"The year 2017 is almost gone and with its departure the Latin jazz highlights of the year will soon fade away from memory. It was a mildly good year for Latin jazz in the Capital Region. In May, Rebecca Cline and Nicki D...","date_modified":"2017-12-10T00:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/catching-up","html_content":"

Well, it's been a while; two years exactly since my last blog post. The jazz scene in Albany is moribund, (although I’d like to think that I exaggerate) with the annual season of A Place for Jazz as the mainstay of a gen...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/catching-up","title":"Catching Up","summary":"Well, it's been a while; two years exactly since my last blog post. The jazz scene in Albany is moribund, (although I’d like to think that I exaggerate) with the annual season of A Place for Jazz as the mainstay of a gen...","date_modified":"2017-04-19T23:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/we-all-speak-english-here-identity-difference-and-commercial","html_content":"

Two years ago, I received, as a birthday present, a new edition of Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa). This film documents the concert at New York City’s Cheetah, that introduced the Fania All Stars to the world. The perform...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/we-all-speak-english-here-identity-difference-and-commercial","title":"We All Speak English Here!","summary":"Two years ago, I received, as a birthday present, a new edition of Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa). This film documents the concert at New York City’s Cheetah, that introduced the Fania All Stars to the world. The perform...","date_modified":"2015-01-19T00:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/este-cuento-corto","html_content":"

Este cuento corto, que es musical y literario, surge de su propio título y de la idea siguiente. Leyendo el Dietario Voluble de Vila-Matas, llego a esta conclusión: la literatura es incapaz de entender a cabalidad la rea...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/este-cuento-corto","title":"Este Cuento Corto","summary":"Este cuento corto, que es musical y literario, surge de su propio título y de la idea siguiente. Leyendo el Dietario Voluble de Vila-Matas, llego a esta conclusión: la literatura es incapaz de entender a cabalidad la rea...","date_modified":"2012-12-11T00:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/covert-pedagogy-ella-at-the-capital-rep","html_content":"

I hate to start with a cliché but here it goes: “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Right. And there is no beauty in being black if the beholder is racist. There are no two ways about it: the idea that Ella Fitzgeral...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/covert-pedagogy-ella-at-the-capital-rep","title":"Covert Pedagogy: Ella at the Capital Rep","summary":"I hate to start with a cliché but here it goes: “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Right. And there is no beauty in being black if the beholder is racist. There are no two ways about it: the idea that Ella Fitzgeral...","date_modified":"2012-07-24T23:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/the-right-kind-of-preface","html_content":"

It was a mistake to listen to the CD Chano y Dizzy! by Terence Blanchard and Poncho Sánchez  before Blanchard’s concert at the Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College, in Saratoga Springs on June 26. The 600-seat Helene ...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/the-right-kind-of-preface","title":"The Right Kind of Preface","summary":"It was a mistake to listen to the CD Chano y Dizzy! by Terence Blanchard and Poncho Sánchez  before Blanchard’s concert at the Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College, in Saratoga Springs on June 26. The 600-seat Helene ...","date_modified":"2012-06-28T23:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/who-needs-el-cantante","html_content":"

In today's Times Union, arts editor Michael Janairo posed a number of questions to readers interested in the arts locally. He is planning to use selections from the replies in a piece assessing the arts scene in the Capi...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/who-needs-el-cantante","title":"Reply To Michael Janairo","summary":"In today's Times Union, arts editor Michael Janairo posed a number of questions to readers interested in the arts locally. He is planning to use selections from the replies in a piece assessing the arts scene in the Capi...","date_modified":"2011-12-11T22:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/bobby-sanabria-quarteto-ach%C3%A9---may-25-2007","html_content":"

I'm writing today to encourage all lovers of live music to particularly support live Latin Jazz in New York City. Over the years there have been some iconic venues that have featured live Latin Jazz weekly.  Their number...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/bobby-sanabria-quarteto-ach%C3%A9---may-25-2007","title":"Live Latin Jazz in New York City","summary":"I'm writing today to encourage all lovers of live music to particularly support live Latin Jazz in New York City. Over the years there have been some iconic venues that have featured live Latin Jazz weekly.  Their number...","date_modified":"2011-03-26T20:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/new-years-resolution","html_content":"

What did Metroland, Albany’s weekly newspaper, consider noteworthy in 2010? If you look at the “Year in Pictures 2010” issue, dated December 23-29, you’ll see photos of two guys who set a record for playing dodgeball for...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/new-years-resolution","title":"New Year's Resolution","summary":"What did Metroland, Albany’s weekly newspaper, consider noteworthy in 2010? If you look at the “Year in Pictures 2010” issue, dated December 23-29, you’ll see photos of two guys who set a record for playing dodgeball for...","date_modified":"2010-12-31T05:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/october-31st-2010-day-three-in-the-city","html_content":"

Sunday was a lazy day. By my standards, that meant getting up at 8 am instead of 6 am.  The air was cold, crisp, and comfortable. At around noon I headed to Queens to the Louis Armstrong house museum, hoping to catch the...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/october-31st-2010-day-three-in-the-city","title":"October 31st, 2010: Day Three in the City","summary":"Sunday was a lazy day. By my standards, that meant getting up at 8 am instead of 6 am.  The air was cold, crisp, and comfortable. At around noon I headed to Queens to the Louis Armstrong house museum, hoping to catch the...","date_modified":"2010-11-11T05:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/october-30-2010-day-two-in-the-city","html_content":"

The collectors’ festival was an interesting experience. This is an annual event where vendors sell LPs, CDs, books, and other Latin music paraphernalia. Panels are also held throughout the day. This year, the closing eve...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/october-30-2010-day-two-in-the-city","title":"October 30, 2010: Day Two in the City","summary":"The collectors’ festival was an interesting experience. This is an annual event where vendors sell LPs, CDs, books, and other Latin music paraphernalia. Panels are also held throughout the day. This year, the closing eve...","date_modified":"2010-11-02T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/october-29-2010-day-one-in-the-city","html_content":"

Dancing with the Ancestors last night (October 29) at Flushing Town Hall was fantastic, exhilarating, and rejuvenating. Chembo and friends se la comieron. Funny thing: I've seen Harvey Averne so many times at so many dif...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/october-29-2010-day-one-in-the-city","title":"October 29, 2010: Day One in the City","summary":"Dancing with the Ancestors last night (October 29) at Flushing Town Hall was fantastic, exhilarating, and rejuvenating. Chembo and friends se la comieron. Funny thing: I've seen Harvey Averne so many times at so many dif...","date_modified":"2010-11-01T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/el-tema-del-apollo","html_content":"

I recently read Chris Washburne’s essay “Latin Music at the Apollo,” included in the book Ain’t nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment, edited by Richard Carlin and Kinshasha Ho...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/el-tema-del-apollo","title":"El Tema del Apollo","summary":"I recently read Chris Washburne’s essay “Latin Music at the Apollo,” included in the book Ain’t nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment, edited by Richard Carlin and Kinshasha Ho...","date_modified":"2010-07-22T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/another-season-we-need-to-raise-another-dollar","html_content":"

I will proceed backwards. Ahora, Latin/Jazz! 2010 closed on May 14 with a salon rendering tribute to Doc Cheatham at the Emerson Auditorium at Union College in Schenectady, New York. I presented a short biographical note...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/another-season-we-need-to-raise-another-dollar","title":"Another Season (we need to raise), Another Dollar","summary":"I will proceed backwards. Ahora, Latin/Jazz! 2010 closed on May 14 with a salon rendering tribute to Doc Cheatham at the Emerson Auditorium at Union College in Schenectady, New York. I presented a short biographical note...","date_modified":"2010-06-12T05:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/a-purely-descriptive-blog","html_content":"

I traveled from Albany to New York City on March 19th, 2010 for the sole purpose of going to the Grupo Experimental Nuevayorkino’s show at Hostos Cultural Center in the Bronx on the 20th, and after the first song of the ...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/a-purely-descriptive-blog","title":"A Purely Descriptive Blog","summary":"I traveled from Albany to New York City on March 19th, 2010 for the sole purpose of going to the Grupo Experimental Nuevayorkino’s show at Hostos Cultural Center in the Bronx on the 20th, and after the first song of the ...","date_modified":"2010-03-21T05:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/you-only-write-about-what-you-know","html_content":"

At the end of 2009, Albany’s weekly, Metroland, listed 43 live music performances that, according to its critics, were the best of the year (“The Year in Review,” December 31, 2009). The only one included that featured L...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/you-only-write-about-what-you-know","title":"You Only Write About What You Know","summary":"At the end of 2009, Albany’s weekly, Metroland, listed 43 live music performances that, according to its critics, were the best of the year (“The Year in Review,” December 31, 2009). The only one included that featured L...","date_modified":"2010-01-15T07:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/beauty-is-also-the-beast","html_content":"

During the last five years I’ve come to know many musicians who are not just masters of their trade but also wonderful human beings. I’ve also been disappointed to discover that a few of my artistic idols have feet of cl...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/beauty-is-also-the-beast","title":"Beauty is also the Beast","summary":"During the last five years I’ve come to know many musicians who are not just masters of their trade but also wonderful human beings. I’ve also been disappointed to discover that a few of my artistic idols have feet of cl...","date_modified":"2010-01-04T07:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/online-everybody-knows-you-are-a-dog","html_content":"

I was extremely disappointed in one recent on-line exchange between musicians and music listeners and connoisseurs. The object of the exchange involved an incorrect attribution to a certain musician of a recent recording...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/online-everybody-knows-you-are-a-dog","title":"Online Everybody Knows You are a Dog","summary":"I was extremely disappointed in one recent on-line exchange between musicians and music listeners and connoisseurs. The object of the exchange involved an incorrect attribution to a certain musician of a recent recording...","date_modified":"2009-12-20T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/the-power-of-identity","html_content":"

Friendship, in its classical connotation, is supposed to be the basis of community. Between friends, reciprocity is the glue that keeps everything together and in classical times, this bond was tantamount to a legal cont...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/the-power-of-identity","title":"The Power of Identity","summary":"Friendship, in its classical connotation, is supposed to be the basis of community. Between friends, reciprocity is the glue that keeps everything together and in classical times, this bond was tantamount to a legal cont...","date_modified":"2009-11-15T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/hilary-noble-transnational-musician","html_content":"

When I introduced him at the Guilderland Public Library on November 2008, during the Capital Region’s debut performance of Enclave, the Latin jazz quartet he co-leads with pianist Rebecca Cline, I called him, “Hilario El...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/hilary-noble-transnational-musician","title":"Hilary Noble: Transnational Musician","summary":"When I introduced him at the Guilderland Public Library on November 2008, during the Capital Region’s debut performance of Enclave, the Latin jazz quartet he co-leads with pianist Rebecca Cline, I called him, “Hilario El...","date_modified":"2009-10-09T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/latin-jazz-is-not-real","html_content":"

My dear friend George Rivera does not like the term Latin jazz and he disagrees with the statement in my previous post that Latin jazz is the future of jazz. Maybe I overstated my point. First, who really knows what the ...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/latin-jazz-is-not-real","title":"Latin Jazz is not Real","summary":"My dear friend George Rivera does not like the term Latin jazz and he disagrees with the statement in my previous post that Latin jazz is the future of jazz. Maybe I overstated my point. First, who really knows what the ...","date_modified":"2009-09-17T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/a-greatly-exaggerated-death","html_content":"

Terry Teachout’s recent piece in the Wall Street Journal in which, based on his analysis of a recent survey, he suggested that jazz was pretty much dying, has been described as “overwrought” but his analysis has led some...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/a-greatly-exaggerated-death","title":"A Greatly Exaggerated Death","summary":"Terry Teachout’s recent piece in the Wall Street Journal in which, based on his analysis of a recent survey, he suggested that jazz was pretty much dying, has been described as “overwrought” but his analysis has led some...","date_modified":"2009-09-06T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/home","html_content":"

\"But where is home?,\" asks Julia Child (Meryl Streep) to her husband Paul (Stanley Tucci) in one scene of the quasi bio pic of Child, \"Julie and Julia.\" And he responds: \"Home is wherever we are.\" Whether Child and her h...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/home","title":"Home","summary":"\"But where is home?,\" asks Julia Child (Meryl Streep) to her husband Paul (Stanley Tucci) in one scene of the quasi bio pic of Child, \"Julie and Julia.\" And he responds: \"Home is wherever we are.\" Whether Child and her h...","date_modified":"2009-08-19T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/smokeing","html_content":"

On Sunday night (8/16) went to Smoke, on 106th and Broadway, to have dinner and to listen to Chris Washburne and SYOTOS. The intensity of this band is extreme. They blew me away with their rendition of Bemsha Swing, appr...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/smokeing","title":"Smoke(ing)","summary":"On Sunday night (8/16) went to Smoke, on 106th and Broadway, to have dinner and to listen to Chris Washburne and SYOTOS. The intensity of this band is extreme. They blew me away with their rendition of Bemsha Swing, appr...","date_modified":"2009-08-18T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/chris-washburne-the-syotos-band","html_content":"

In 2005, Chris Washburne & the SYOTOS Band were on the Sunday bill at Lake George Jazz Weekend, sandwiched between sets by Greg Osby and Giacomo Gates. There was just one teensy-weensy problem: Osby, the afternoon headl...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/chris-washburne-the-syotos-band","title":"Chris Washburne & The SYOTOS Band","summary":" In 2005, Chris Washburne & the SYOTOS Band were on the Sunday bill at Lake George Jazz Weekend, sandwiched between sets by Greg Osby and Giacomo Gates. There was just one teensy-weensy problem: Osby, the afternoon headl...","date_modified":"2009-05-11T18:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/willie-mart%C3%ADnez---la-familia-sextet","html_content":"

Dr. José Cruz, visionary founder and tireless President of Jazz/Latino, inc. proudly opened the concert by announcing this as the third anniversary of this culturally enriching organization, dedicated to the promotion ...

","url":"https://jazzlatino.org/blog-1/f/willie-mart%C3%ADnez---la-familia-sextet","title":"Willie Martínez - La Familia Sextet","summary":" Dr. José Cruz, visionary founder and tireless President of Jazz/Latino, inc. proudly opened the concert by announcing this as the third anniversary of this culturally enriching organization, dedicated to the promotion ...","date_modified":"2009-04-24T04:00:00Z"}]}