May 25, 2013
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Roland Vazquez
Master of the Spanish tinge
by Piotr Michalowski
posted 3/1/2007
The drum holds a privileged place in the jazz tradition and in many ways best symbolizes the African roots of the music. There have been some extraordinary jazz percussionist composers — just think of Denzil Best, Max Roach, Susie Ibarra, or Chano Pozo — and one of the premier ones of our time is Roland Vazquez.
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