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Africa might seem too large, imposing and omnipresent a continent to be subject to something so ephemeral as a pop and jazz ''revival.'' But right now we seem to be in the midst of just such a revival, nonetheless. Everywhere Western musicians are turning to Africa, either for reaffir… Continue

Latin Grammy Award winner David Sánchez is being hailed as “the most profound young tenor saxophonist working today. In a review, world-renown jazz critic Howard Reich saluted the young bandleader saying, “Technically, tonally and creatively, he seems to have it all. His sound is never less… Continue

Kirk Whalum

One of the most exciting memories of my whole career is standing onstage with Whitney Houston in Johannesburg, South Africa, before a combined live/video audience of over 12 million people, playing the very song I honked out on my horn the first day I brought it home from j… Continue