Jazzwise Magazine, London. Writer Tony Hall.
Today’s Opinion/ Criss Cross Jazz 1343
Terry (as, ss, chekere); Michael Rodriguez (t); Osmany Paredes (p); Yunior Terry (b); Obed Calvaire (d); Pedro Martinez (perc, v); plus Gonzalo Rubalcaba (keys). Rec: October 2011
Yosvany Terry is currently a member of the Eddie Palmieri band. Born in central Cuba, he studied at the...
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Jazz Times – Review
New Throned King
5Passion
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Mentored and initiated into the West African Dahomeyan tradition in Matanzas, Cuba (where it is known as Arará Sabalú), saxophonist and composer Yosvany Terry set out to document a repertoire of sacred music and ceremony faithfully preserved since the 19th century. The result is...
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Latin Jazz Net – Review
Ritual Beating of the Drum
Yosvany Terry: New Throned King
This CD is perhaps the most gloriously inspired and significant,...
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New York Times – Review
YOSVANY TERRY
“New Throned King”
(5Passion)
The call of ancestry, and its expression through folklore, has always been a potent preoccupation for Afro-Caribbean jazz musicians in the United States. Yosvany Terry, a saxophonist, percussionist and composer from an influential musical family in...