by kabir sehgal | Dec 28, 2020
And so the match was set. On a wintery day in a recording studio in Queens, New York, a few friends and family members gathered to watch Argentina vs. Uruguay, Boente vs. Casenave. Both pianists wore their team’s national jerseys and took turns manifesting their...
by kabir sehgal | Dec 28, 2020
Latin Grammy Award, Best Tango Album Vigor Tanguero is the first tango CD for bassist, bandleader, and composer Pedro Giraudo. After releasing five remarkable albums performed by various formats of jazz ensembles, his gaze was captured by the glint of...
by kabir sehgal | Dec 28, 2020
Grammy Award, Best Latin Jazz Album Jazz Tango is the latest marvelous album by Latin GRAMMY Award winning composer, arranger, and virtuoso pianist Pablo Ziegler, who is the world’s foremost practitioner and exponent of the Nuevo Tango musical form, having learned its...
by kabir sehgal | Dec 28, 2020
HOME is a collection of thirty-four original poems and twelve songs inspired by a diverse group of immigrants. From Yo-Yo Ma to Audrey Hepburn, Albert Einstein to Celia Cruz, these poems and songs symbolize the many roads that lead to America, and which we expect will...
by kabir sehgal | Dec 28, 2020
Grammy Award, Best Instrumental Composition – “Three Revolutions” On this album, jazz greats Arturo O’Farrill and Chucho Valdés craft a brilliant tribute not only to their fathers but also to the next generation, who will carry forward their legacy....
by kabir sehgal | Dec 28, 2020
2x Grammy winning album Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Best Instrumental Composition: “Spoken at Midnight” Special 2-CD Package Features Guest Readers Deepak Chopra, Glenn Close, Joe Lieberman, David Miliband, William vanden Heuvel, Sam Waterston, Andrew...
by kabir sehgal | Dec 28, 2020
Grammy Award, Best Instrumental Composition Grammy Nomination, Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Latin Grammy Award, Best Latin Jazz Album Recorded in Havana 48 hours after President Obama announced his plan to normalize relations between the U.S. and Cuba, Arturo...
by kabir sehgal | Dec 28, 2020
Grammy Award, Best Latin Jazz Album The drum takes center stage as GRAMMY winners Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra engage nearly 30 types of percussion to explore whole new territories for Afro Latin jazz. High profile multi-genre guests...
by kabir sehgal | Dec 28, 2020
Grammy Nomination, Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album On “40 Acres and a Burro”, 2009 GRAMMY winner Arturo O’Farrill presents his New York based Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO) in two exciting O’Farrill originals, and nine stand-out tracks covering the entire Caribbean...
