RIO For years, Tito Puente yearned to record with renowned saxophonist Zoot Sims. Producer Richard Marin helped make that dream...

AZUQUITA MAMI Pete (El Conde) Rodríguez became one of the most recognizable voices in salsa music. He was discovered by...

Barretto His album covers portray this large figure as an intimidator (see Indestructible, Barretto Power and Acid), but in real...

Do You Feel It The last time I spoke with Joe Cuba was in February 2009. He was lying in...

Pruebame Adalberto Santiago, born in Ciales, Puerto Rico, is one of the premier soneros/vocalists in the Latin Music industry. He...

Vamonos Pal Monte I put this video together for Fania many years ago, featuring my homie Eddy Palmieri—one of the...

HELP – Don’t forget about us ! A very talented singer-songwriter from Hartford, Eddie Rivera, wrote a deeply moving song...

I Will Survive – “I Will Survive” – A Charanga-Jazz Encounter In the late 1990’s, one of the more ambitious...

Son Charanga In 2002, at a memorial for Mauricio Smith—a great musician and dear friend—I ran into the accomplished flautist...