From Album: Dany Brillant: Histoire d’Un Amour”

From Album: Bobby Sanabria: Big Band Urban Folktales”

Sanabria is a living link to the great Afro-Cuban jazz tradition. He’s played with just about everyone, including Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Paquito D’Rivera, Charles McPherson, Mongo Santamaria, Chico O’Farrill and Mario Bauza. He’s also a Grammy-nominated solo artist and a powerful force in bringing the Afro-Cuban tradition into the 21st century.

After graduating from the Berklee College of Music, Sanabria became the drummer and timbale player with one of his boyhood heroes, the late, great Mongo Santamaria.

In addition to leading his own successful bands, he went on perform and record with numerous world class artists, such as Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente and many, many others.

With his big band he has released an album wich blends the sounds of Afro-Cuban, samba, blues and jazz in one package full of fine orchestrations and heavy percussive beats.

The personnel is a mixture of talented youths and experienced virtuosic veterans like tenorist Peter Brainin and trombonist Chris Washburne in all comprising a twenty two-piece orchestra including those who provide only vocals.
It’s energetic, exciting, restless…

From Album: Worldwide Groove Corporation: Chillodesiac Lounge vol.1: Fever”

From Album: Anthony Arizaga: South of the Border”

Master Flamenco guitarist Anthony Arizaga brings his expert touch and his artist’s soul to these familiar pieces. An intimate sense of warmth and gentleness is the hallmark of this blend of guitar and latin rhythm instruments. Each song is filled with sweetness, love, and longing. Gracias Senor Arizaga.

From Album:“Kuh Ledesma: Unforgettable”

Kuh Ledesma was born Maria Socorro Ledesma on March 16, 1955 in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. She has a daughter named Isabella Gonzalez.

Like Whitney Houston and Barbra Streisand, Kuh Ledesma started out as a singer and made a successful transition into films. She has been going strong in the Philippines for almost two decades and has a string of hit records to show for it, more than a dozen of which hit platinum and gold status. She also hosted the Akuhstic Café talk show in her homeland and appeared in a number of films, including her mid-’80s role as Tiger Lili in The Year of Living Dangerously with Signourney Weaver and Mel Gibson. The movie helped broaden her fan base and before the decade was over, she sang at London’s Royal Albert Hall and also picked up a Salem Music Award. Her debut in the U.S. market, Precious, was released by Gold Koast Records in 1997 and was aimed at lovers of R&B and jazz. The album includes numbers penned by Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald.

Unlike many singers, Ledesma never had youthful dreams of becoming a star vocalist. She set out to become a nurse, but when schoolmates invited her to become a member of their band, her musical abilities began to attract notice. Soon she was singing a number of solos, and before the year was out she joined another group. Half a year later, she established Music & Magic, her own band. It didn’t take long for Ledesma and her companions to snag a record deal. Her popularity took off in a big way, and soon the band was being billed as Kuh Ledesma & the Music & Magic Show. During this period, the vocalist also stepped away from the confines of the band to perform separately, often as a guest artist.

When Ledesma finally struck out on her own, a concert dubbed Ako an Pilipino (I am Filipino) struck a real chord with fans. The event marked the first concert that was entirely Filipino and spawned a successful double album of Filipino-penned songs. Ledesma followed up with another concert titled Inspired Madness. She acted as producer for these concept events and those that followed, which were televised in her native land as specials. A deal followed that made her the Lux Soap spokesperson in Thailand, Indonesia, and her homeland. She went on to perform in the U.S. The singer relocated to Los Angeles in 1990. She has recorded and performed with a number of artists, among them Jack Jackson and Noel Pointer. ~ Linda Seida, All Music Guide

From Album:“Sammy Davis Jr.: The Best of Sammy Davis Jr.: Live (2007)”

From Album:“Jean Frye Sidwell: Best of Jean Frye Sidwell”

With her rich contralto voice and smooth, soulful phrasing, Jean is truly a jazz singer’s jazz singer. The consummate performer, she beams with honesty and passion, delivering silky nuances and vocal shadings that devastate even the most sophisticated music lovers. A native of Southern California, Jean has appeared in hundreds of venues mostly in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas, and on numerous recording projects as featured vocalist. Her professional singing career has spanned 25 years and has included Jazz, Folk, Pop and Rhythm & Blues styles. She has found her niche in Jazz and a passion for classic songs. Her dramatic vocal expression renders new shape and meaning to some of our most beloved songwriting treasures, be it Gershwin, Duke Ellington or Jobim.

From Album:“Ryoko Moriyama: Saishin Best”

From Album:“Susan Wong(黄翠珊): A Night At The Movies”

From Album:“Kamal: Collection”