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MIGUEL ZENON tells Chris Searle why his latest album pays tribute to one of the great Puerto Rican singers

“IT WASN'T until I started to write my own music and conceptualise what I wanted to do as a musician that I started to consider my musical roots,” says the beautifully fluid alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon.

Paying tribute: Miguel Zenon (Pic: Michael Hoefner/Creative Commons)

“I wanted to strike a balance between the Puerto Rican folk and the jazz traditions, which have a lot in common.”

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