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Jazz Album Review: Miguel Zenón’s “Música de las Américas” — A Buoyant Musical Adventure

August 19, 2022
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The saxophonist has the slithery facility of a bebopper, but I also hear something of the forthright stance of Coltrane in his playing, despite the rhythmic complexity of his writing — and his distinctively varied use of his Puerto Rican background.

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Jazz Album Review: “El Arte del Bolero” — Passionate Homage to the Era of the Bolero

January 5, 2021
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So Miguel Zenón, who on saxophone has the facility of a bebopper, which he uses discreetly, is here a singer as well as an instrumentalist.

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Jazz CD Review: Miguel Zenón — An Extraordinary Scholar/Composer

July 23, 2018
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Miguel Zenón’s extraordinary writing for strings and saxophone makes use of ever-changing textures generated out of jazz, Puerto Rican folk, and classical music.

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