Tito Puente

Pianist and composer Michel Camilo is renowned for combining rich harmonies with the Caribbean flavors and Latin rhythms of his native Dominican Republic. With his flawless technique and contemporary outlook, he incorporates a wide variety of jazz elements into his work, citing McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett and Erroll Garner as some of his influences. One of the most important jazz musicians to emerge in the past decade, Camilo marks his move to Telarc with Triangulo, his most adventurous yet accessible recording to date.

Pianist and composer Michel Camilo is renowned for combining rich harmonies with the Caribbean flavors and Latin rhythms of his native Dominican Republic. With his flawless technique and contemporary outlook, he incorporates a wide variety of jazz elements into his work, citing McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett and Erroll Garner as some of his influences. One of the most important jazz musicians to emerge in the past decade, Camilo marks his move to Telarc with Triangulo, his most adventurous yet accessible recording to date.

If you're one of those Contemporary Latin Jazz fans who've been wondering who and where the most engaging solo voices of the genre currently are, look no further, welcome to the extraordinarily multi-colored musical world of saxophonist/flutist, producer, arranger, composer, educator and Grammy nominated artist Luis Disla!

If you're one of those Contemporary Latin Jazz fans who've been wondering who and where the most engaging solo voices of the genre currently are, look no further, welcome to the extraordinarily multi-colored musical world of saxophonist/flutist, producer, arranger, composer, educator and Grammy nominated artist Luis Disla!

"This is not straight-up salsa, or any of the Latin music varieties one typically associates with Fania. This is salsa-flavored disco. The Fania touches elevate the material above standard-fare 70's club tracks, but the Washington Heights fire is no where to be found. Still, any of these tracks would add a little spice to a vintage disco set."

Good crossover album from Fania All-Stars featuring the track "Picadillo" - tough, tough Nu Yorican latin-jazz-funk-soul tune!

The flagship act for Fania Records, the Fania All-Stars popularized New York salsa during the 1970s by organizing concerts at larger and larger venues (from the Red Garter in Greenwich Village all the way to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx) that spotlighted not only the label's but the salsa world's biggest stars – Ray Barretto, Willie Colón, Johnny Pacheco, Rubén Blades, Hector Lavoe, Ismael Miranda, Cheo Feliciano, Bobby Cruz, Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez, and special guests like Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, and Eddie Palmieri.

Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson, is based on the success of Michael's unsurpassed musical career, and is the first-ever Latin tribute album to be released. This is the brainchild of Peruvian and Miami-based producer/multi-instrumentalist/vocalist and musical prodigy Tony Succar, the album features nine highly-recognizable and wellregarded Latin artists who united to perform and interpret some of Michael s greatest hits into a Latin/Tropical Pop fusion.

Trumpeter-bandleader Charlie Sepulveda brings a lifetime of Latin and jazz musicianship from his home in Luquillo, Puerto Rico, a place with hundreds of years of musical tradition preceding him. At the very dawn of jazz when James Reese Europe couldn’t find musicians in the U.S. who could read music for his orchestra, Europe went to Puerto Rico to hire from the many municipal bands. The best of the trumpeters of his generation, Sepulveda also taught music on the island for many years and believes fervently in encouraging young jazz musicians.

Ray Barretto’s career has been a long and varied journey. Born in Brooklyn on April 29, 1929, he is the quintessential Nuyorican, a Puerto Rican born and raised in New York City. By the age of two, his family had moved to Manhattan’s Spanish Harlem and by seven, the South Bronx.