Normally when I review an album that's mostly devoid of a session drummer, I get on a soapbox about how bland the programming is or how the music would be better if acoustic drums and cymbals were ...

Standing on the shoulders of flute giants from worlds as diverse as Rampal & Galway in Classical Music; Richard Egues’ Cuban Charanga style; rocker Ian Anderson’s Jethro Tull; Herbie Mann and – most ...

The eight tracks on Jeff Dingler's new jazz album In Transit are as fascinating as they are beautiful. In ways both abstract and concrete, the songs reflect the cross-cultural inspirations that fueled ...

For his performances in Boca Raton Tuesday night, Grammy-winning flautist Nestor Torres will do something out of character: He’ll look backward for inspiration. Of course, this is not a bad thing when ...

Nestor Torres is describing his crazed weekend routine as a music student in Boston during the late 1970s: Wake up at 6 a.m. on Friday, practice for 2.5 hours, go to class, grab his flute, and jump on ...

With two concerts in the capital city, Saturday was already going to be “Nestor Torres Day ” in Hartford for the 2001 Latin Grammy winner’s fans. Mayor Eddie Perez’s proclamation makes it official.

On his latest album, “Jazz Flute Traditions,” Néstor Torres memorably pays tribute to such legends of the instrument as Hubert Laws, Eric Dolphy, Herbie Mann and Yusef Lateef. To Torres’ regret, he ...

For the headliner’s last scheduled song Sunday night — also the last day of the free New Haven Jazz Festival on the city’s green — the artist chose to perform “Over the Rainbow.” Although there was no ...

POP jazz flutist and Latin Grammy-nominee Nestor Torres, a Puerto Rican native known for his romantic ballads, takes an unexpected political turn on his new album “This Side of Paradise” – he calls ...

Two personal stories were told in different ways during Team Redstone's Hispanic American Heritage Program on Oct. 14 at Bob Jones Auditorium. Nancy Archuleta used her words. Nestor Torres used his ...