Chucho!

First we pay homage to a couple of great jazz artists who passed away five years ago this week. Alice Coltrane and Michael Brecker certainly left their mark on jazz music with some passionate playing and composing as you can hear, here. This is followed by a new release from Miguel Zenon which perhaps should have made my top album picks for 2011. Chucho Valdez is coming to the University of Connecticut's Jorgensen Auditorium, and I would like to play some tunes from his great CD Chucho's Steps. The show will be January 27 and 28 and you can get tickets here.

Featured Album

Chucho's Steps - Chucho Valdés & The Afro-Cuban Messengers on iTunes

Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Offset ~ Ken Fowser and Behn Gillece ~ Duotone
Renaissance Man ~ Time is of the Essence ~ Michael Brecker
Translinear Light ~ Alice Coltrane ~ Translinear Light
Jugette ~ Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook ~ Miguel Zenon
Temes ~ Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook ~ Miguel Zenon
Chucho's Steps ~ Chucho Valdez & the Afro Cuban Messengers ~ Chucho's Steps
New Orleans ~ Chucho Valdez & the Afro Cuban Messengers ~ Chucho's Steps
Rooms of Light ~ Ben Monder ~ Oceana