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MIGUEL ZENON tells Chris Searle why his latest album pays tribute to one of the great Puerto Rican singers
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PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
“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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