Caribbean Jazz Project

Caribbean Jazz Project
Formed: 1993
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Styles: Latin Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Mainstream Jazz
Group Members: Paquito d'Rivera, Andy Narell, Dario Eskenazi, Dave Samuels, Oscar Stagnaro, Mark Walker
Biography: For a special concert at the Central Park Zoo in 1993, vibraphonist Dave Samuels (who doubles on marimba) put together the Caribbean Jazz Project for the first time. Teaming Samuels with the brilliant (and pioneering) jazz steel drummer Andy Narell and saxophonist Paquito d'Rivera (who alternates between ...Read full biography
Paradiso
Released: 2001
Label: Concord Records
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When Dave Samuels first formed the Caribbean Jazz Project with, at that time, Paquito D'Rivera and Andy Narell, it was an extension of his own studies in Latin jazz that had been part of his music -- both ...Read full review
Mosaic
Released: 2006
Label: Concord Records
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Working a bright, innovative corner of Latin jazz and drawing on Jamaican, Afro-Cuban, Venezuelan, and Peruvian rhythms to create a hybrid mosaic (as the title suggests), the loose, rotating collective ...Read full review
More Caribbean Jazz Project albums: Main Albums (6), Compilations (3)
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