Happy New Year everyone. It’s 2024 and I hope that you brought the New Year safe and sound! The following are my complete biased opinions of best recordings in Salsa, Latin Jazz, Musica Cubana during 2023. (and that came out in 2023!) I hope that this list will inspire you to catch up with great music that you haven’t caught up to during this impressive year. Be sure to keep listening to Con Sabor every Saturday evening from 9 to 11 pm except on the last Saturday of the month when Emiliano Echeveria and Radio Cuba Canta sits in for me. This list isn’t in any particular order but it’s simply the best music from 2023 in my humble opinion. LM
Tromboranga Salsa Con Golpe Tromboranga Independiente
Pedro Bermudez La Evolucion Pedro Bermudez
Little Johnny Rivero/Anthony Almonte Mejor Que Nunca Truth Revolution
Ruben Blades w/Roberto Delgado & Orchestra Siembra 45 Aniversario Desde El Coliseo De Puerto Rico Ruben Blades Productions
Grupo Niche with the Orquesta Fiarmonica De Columbia Niche Sinfonico Niche
DJ Ricky Campanelli Nos Curamos Con La Rumba DJ Ricky Campanelli
Eduardo Zayas Y Su EZ La Banda Mas Zayas Que Pescao Eduardo Zayas
John Santos Sextet & Friends Filosofia Caribeña: A Puerto Rico Del Alma Machete
Israel Tanenbaum and the Latinbaum Jazz Ensemble Impressions Zoho
Dany Martinez Cubano Rican Dany Martinez
Alexander Abreu Y Havana d’Primera Pueblo Griffo HDP
Hilario Duran Big Band Cry Me A River Alma
El Niño Y La Verdad w/Adonis & Osain Del Monte Lo Que No Se Acaba Egrem
Harold Lopez-Nussa Timba A La Americana Blue Note
Mandy Cantero/Michel Maza Los Aces De La Timba Mano A Mano Envidia
Rigo Y Su Obra Maestra featuring Betsy Lopez Me Gusta Guarachar Rigo/Obra Maestra
Orquesta Failde Danzoneando En Vivo Desde Matanzas Egrem/El Cerrito Studios
Chucho Valdes/Paquito D’Rivera I Miss You Too Paquito Records/Sunnyside
Carlos Xavier/Luis Enrique Bailo Vivo y Gozo Carlos Xavier
Bululu El Big Bang Bululu/Reina Corazon Bululu
Julito Alvardo Del Sur Al Norte featuring Gerardo Rivas Como Me Tiene Single-Julito Alvarado
Doug Beavers Luna Circle 9 Music
Pupy Y Los Que Son Son feat Susel “La China” Gomez Regresa BIS Music
Edgardo Cambon Amores Como Este Latinbaum Records
Manny Martinez Evolution Manny Martinez
Edy Martinez Travesia Y Legado Star Arsis
Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band Vox Humana Jazzheads
Carlos Henriquez A Nuyorican Tale Carlos Henriquez
Lengaia Salsa Brava Estetica De Un Rumbero Lengaia Salsa Brava
Sixth Street All Stars Everybody Sixth Street
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