The quintessential Lady Day, aka Billie Holiday, kicks us off in style. We journey back to Cuba to catch pianist Roberto Fonseca in concert. We conclude with some late night/early morning Sextapes from Marsha Ambrosius.
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The only pianist who is as adept as Fonseca in terms of doing one thing with his left hand while his right hand does something completely different is South African maestro Abdullah Ibrahim. While Roberto’s prodigious technique is fascinating, his dramatic sense of form and dynamic progression is even more astounding. Every song builds and builds and reaches ever higher to a bursting point. Whether a ballad, Latin rhythms, or scorching uptempo jazz, Fonseca’s music is always both rousing and arousing.
—kalamu ya salaam
