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Johnny Pacheco - 'Mi Nuevo Tumbao ... Canonazo' (1964; 2024 reissue)

Johnny Pacheco – ‘Mi Nuevo Tumbao … Canonazo’ (1964; 2024 reissue)

Johnny Pacheco’s vision, combined with the power of his band, helped craft a new identity for Latin music that resonated far beyond its cultural origins.

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Fabian Almazan – ‘This Land Abounds With Life’ (2019)

Fabian Almazan’s nature-inspired ‘This Land Abounds With Life’ is an album with something for everyone.

Buena Vista Social Club Captured Already-Lost History on 'At Carnegie Hall'

Buena Vista Social Club Captured Already-Lost History on ‘At Carnegie Hall’

Released 10 years ago this month, ‘At Carnegie Hall’ remains the most complete testament to the Buena Vista Social Club’s sizzling mid-1990s Cuban revival.

Fabian Almazan - Rhizome (2014)

Fabian Almazan – Rhizome (2014)

If you’ve seen trumpeter Terence Blanchard live you are already well aware of pianist/composer Fabian Almazan.

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Alfredo Triff – Miami Untitled (2013)

Violinist-composer Alfredo Triff, a Cuban emigre, offers a stirring song-cycle focusing on an ever-changing, ever-intriguing, often-dangerous place — bringing in all of the spices that make Miami so endlessly fascinating. You May Also Like: Doogie White – ‘As Yet Untitled’ (2011); Long Shadows Dawn – ‘Isle of Wrath’ (2021) KittyRead More

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Roberto Fonseca – Yo (2013)

A tireless promoter of Cuban music, Havana-born Roberto Fonseca continues to increase awareness of his home country’s bountiful musical tradition.

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Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio – Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio (2012)

Cuban-born drummer Dafnis Prieto never makes two albums alike. So yeah, it’s a given that album #5 wasn’t going to be a retread of #’s 1,2,3 or 4, but who could have predicted this? You May Also Like: Roberto Occhipinti – Stabilimento (2017) Aruán Ortiz Trio feat. Eric Revis +Read More

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David Virelles – Continuum (2012)

A young, prodigious Cuban born-and-raised pianist and composer recasts the folklore and culture of his homeland, filtered by the teachings of some of jazz’s greatest living avantists. You May Also Like: Chris Potter – The Dreamer Is The Dream (2017) Nik Bärtsch’s Mobile – Continuum (2016)

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Manuel Valera – New Cuban Express (2012)