INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Pianist Guillermo Klein Tackles Iconoclast ‘Cuchi’ Leguizama^3n
There is a select list of musicians in jazz who are far from being a household name, but they have the respect if not outright adoration of their peers. Argentine composer/arranger/pianist Guillermo Klein is such an artist. He’s released a handful of CDs under his own name since attending Boston’s B…
Music Video: Awo la Iku (“The Mysteries of Death”), Sekou Heath; Latin Jazz, Afro Cuban dance, Bata

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