Andy Gonzalez & Rumbajazz with Jerry Gonzalez, Pedrito Martinez, Perdomo, and Ivan Renta in Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest 2008.
One of the great musicians of his generation Jerry Gonzalez passed away in accident in Spain. More information coming as we get it.
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
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Maria Hinojosa talks with Bobby Sanabria about “West Side Story Reimagined.”
This is our fourth article about this piece.
We did one before the premier.
One before the free streaming performance at Dizzy’s in New York City.
One before the release of the CD and the free outdoor show at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park.
Why so much attention?… Read more
Salsa Meets Jazz at the Village Gate…
One of the great shining episodes of American music history came to an abrupt end in 1993 when the Village Gate could not maintain in the ferocious Manhattan real estate market (such is the fate of so many creative venues in NYC.) .
When exactly it started is hard to say, but in … Read more
What do you get when you combine Broadway’s most complex score from one of America’s greatest and most jazz-friendly composers with some of New York’s finest musicians and most imaginative arrangers playing for one of the world’s hippest jazz orchestras?
“West Side Story Reimagined” by Bobby Sanabria’s Multiverse Big Band.
We’ve … Read more
The hidden contribution of Puerto Rican musicians to American popular culture
Post-Film Reception: Featuring music of Puerto Rico by DJ Manuel Blas
Saturday, August 4 at 2PM
Old Dutch Church
272 Wall Street
Kingston, NY
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
