SONGLINES: Yasser Tejeda and Palotré’s KIJOMBO – 4 Stars
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REVIEW: Yasser Tejeda & Palotré’s ‘Kijombo’ in Caribbean Beat Magazine
by Nigel Campbell, Caribbean Beat Magazine The Dominican Republic has blessed the world with the highly popular merengue and bachata genres of music. Native son and guitarist Yasser Tejeda has blended these and other elements of traditional Afro-Dominican music — palo, gaga, perico ripiao — with modern jazz, funk, and rock to create a fusion … Read More
REVIEW: Yasser Tejeda & Palotré’s ‘Kijombo’ Reviewed
by Raul da Gama, Latin Jazz Network In almost all musical systems sacred music is held separate from its secular variant. In the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, for instance, we have two distinct lists featuring both his sacred and secular cantatas – for example the sacred cantata Jesu, der du meine Seele (BWV 78) and the sacred … Read More
AQUARIAN WEEKLY: Yasser Tejeda & Ralph Peterson Reviewed in Aquarian Weekly
by Mike Greenblatt, Aquarian Weekly Not Your Father’s Big Band Listen Up! (Onyx Productions) is different from what you might expect of a big band. Sure, there’s five trumpets, four trombones, seven saxophones, two drummers, two bassists, keyboards, percussion, and vocals, but the arrangements on composers like Hoagy Carmichael (“Starlark”), Freddie Hubbard (“Down Under”), and Wayne … Read More
REVIEW: Yasser Tejeda & Palotré’s “Kijombo” Reviewed by Making A Scene
By Jim Hynes, Making A Scene Surely, you’ve already identified this as Latin music and possibly Latin jazz. Yet, that’s only partially right. it’s broader than either one. Yasser Tejeda’s music on Kijombo is, at least in the U.S. and many countries, the seldom heard roots music of the Dominican Republic, here re-imagined by the … Read More
NEW RELEASE: Yasser Tejeda & Palotré “Kijombo” Out Now!
Yasser Tejeda & Palotré Release Their Second Album, ‘Kijombo’ “New York-based singer Yasser Tejeda and his band Palotré unearth the musical roots of his Dominican Republic in “Nuestras Raíces,” the lead single from Kijombo” – Pamela Bustios/ Billboard Yasser Tejeda & his band Palotré are pleased to announce the release of their second album, ‘Kijombo’. … Read More