Fernando Gonzalez
Fernando’s Contributions
04/10/13 Albums
Eggũn: The Afri-Lectric Experience
Omar Sosa
Originally a commission from the Barcelona Jazz Festival in 2009, Eggũn: The Afri-Lectric Experience is Cuban pianist, composer and arranger Omar Sosa’s take on Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue on the 50th anniversary of that landmark recording. The Davis album...
03/27/13 Albums
My Life in Musc
Lalo Schifrin
The extraordinary career of Argentine-born pianist, composer and conductor Lalo Schifrin, 80, brings to mind the story of the blind men and the elephant. For many jazz fans Schifrin is the pianist of Dizzy Gillespie’s quintet from 1960 to 1962. Discovered...
01/25/13 Albums
Manu Katché
Manu Katché
Few attitudes speak to a person’s intelligence more clearly than his or her awareness of their own limitations. Even a cursory listen to French-African drummer and composer Manu Katché’s work—be it his three previous albums as a leader or, say, his playing...
12/06/12 Albums
The 50th Anniversary Collection
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
In simultaneously looking back and forward, these two releases by the Preservation Hall band, in celebration of the Hall’s 50th anniversary, are a reminder that while individuals and styles pass and change, it’s the spirit of the music that lives on—and...
12/02/12 Albums
Bobby Sanabria Big Band
Multiverse
Boldly ambitious and muscular but also smart, knowledgeable and mindful of the traditions at play, Multiverse might be drummer, composer, arranger and educator Bobby Sanabria’s finest work to date. It suggests a summation of many years of living and playing...
11/26/12 Undertones
Tango Casenave
Gustavo Casenave
Approaching traditional tango with a sensibility informed by jazz and European classical music, Uruguayan pianist and composer Gustavo Casenave creates an intriguing paradox: His Tango Casenave sounds at once retro and modern. A veteran of many high-profile...
10/26/12 Features
Chico & Rita … & Bebo
Latin jazz is celebrated on an animated film, now available on DVD/Blu-Ray
10/22/12 Albums
XXI Century
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
On the ambitious two-CD XXI Century , Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba continues to develop the ideas of modernity and fusion hinted at on previous recordings, with greater depth and breadth. Smartly accompanied by his trio of bassist Matt Brewer and drummer...
04/01/12 Albums
Current
Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto
Seattle-based Brazilian multi-instrumentalist and composer Jovino Santos Neto follows last year’s Veja O Som (See the Sound) , a two-CD set of duet collaborations, with Current , a disc of originals featuring his American quintet. Elegantly arranged and...
02/23/12 Albums
Jerry González Y El Comando De La Clave
Jerry González Y El Comando De La Clave
After settling in Madrid in 2000, in part as the result of his involvement in Spanish director and producer Fernando Trueba’s film Calle 54 , Nuyorican trumpeter and conguero Jerry González became a hub of flamenco-jazz activity. Jerry González Y El Comando...
12/19/11 Albums
Urban Nature
Sammy Figeroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion
The compliment might make a manager cringe, but Urban Nature never sounds like someone’s vehicle. This is percussionist Sammy Figueroa’s third album as a leader, but here the ensemble playing, and the music, is the story. And a great story it is. A first...
11/03/11 Albums
La Esperanza
John Santos y El Coro Folklórico Kindembo
In a career that already spans nearly 40 years, Bay Area percussionist John Santos has played many roles, including performer, bandleader, composer, producer and teacher. La Esperanza , with his Coro Folklórico Kindembo, has a celebratory, communal feel...
10/05/11 Albums
Filosofía Caribeña, Vol. 1
The John Santos Sextet
In a career that already spans nearly 40 years, Bay Area percussionist John Santos has played many roles, including performer, bandleader, composer, producer and teacher. The elegant Filosofía Caribeña, Vol. 1 offers a glimpse into an ambitious multi-disciplinary...
07/09/11 Features
Al Di Meola: The Endless Tango
Across continents, generations, instruments and sensibilities, Al Di Meola remains committed to the Nuevo Tango of Astor Piazzolla
01/14/11 Cuba
Chucho Valdés: Looking Back & Taking Stock
With Chucho’s Steps, pianist and composer Chucho Valdés reflects on a whirlwind life full of cultural heritage, creative inspiration and remarkable music
November 2010 Solo
Guillermo Klein: Each Song, Its Own World
Fernando Gonzalez profiles Argentine pianist
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Fernando González, is a writer and editor based in Miami, FL. He is the editor of Latingrammy.com, the page of The Latin Recording Academy, and a contributing editor to The International Review of Music, http://irom.wordpress.com/. From 2003 to 2008 , he was Managing Editor of JAZZIZ and before that, a staff music critic for The Boston Globe, and The Miami Herald, as well as music correspondent for The Washington Post. He is the host and producer of Jazz With an Accent®, a weekly one-hour radio show that premieres on 88.9 WDNA FM, Miami, on November 2010. You can visit Gonzalez online at www.fgonow.com