REVIEW: Latino Music Cafe Reviews Oscar Hernandez’s ‘Love the Moment’

September 5, 2019
REVIEW: Latino Music Cafe Reviews Oscar Hernandez’s ‘Love the Moment’

by Hector Aviles, Latino Music Cafe Multi-Grammy winning pianist and bandleader Oscar Hernandez returns with the second recording of his Alma Libre Latin Jazz sextet titled “Love the Moment”. Alma Libre’s Latin Jazz Matures I find that the cohesiveness amongst the members of a band is especially important in Jazz. In “Love the Moment” I can hear a more mature … Read More

Latino Music Café Reviews Spanish Harlem Orchestra’s “Anniversary”

April 24, 2018
Latino Music Café Reviews Spanish Harlem Orchestra’s “Anniversary”

Hector Aviles, Latin Music Café The Spanish Harlem Orchestra is celebrating 15 years of helping revive “Salsa Dura” with their new album “Anniversary”. Fifteen Years Ago… …the Spanish Harlem Orchestra (SHO) started as a concept for a recording project that was commissioned to Oscar Hernandez. Oscar sharpened the concept, got the musicians, and made some of the arrangements … Read More