On "Tears And Rumba", her third for Chesky Records, Xiomara Laugart steps up to the plate with her own distinctive style to interpret some Cuban classics from the golden era of the 1920s…

A collection of performances titled the World's Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recordings - New York Time by Christian McBride, Javon Jackson, Jimmy Cobb and Cedar Walton and Traffic by Larry Coryell, Lenny White and Victor Bailey - in music stores and web sites that carry Jazz and Vocal music titles. Chesky Records release.

A brilliant Latin Jazz album from Cuban vocalist Xiomara Laugart and her spectacularly tight band of piano, 2 basses, percussion, Turkish Autoharp, and saxophone.

Though she's released six solo discs in her native land of Cuba, the woman affectionately called La Negra is best known stateside for recording with the New York-based group Yerba Buena. On her self-titled debut solo effort for Chesky, she fuses the essence of Cuba's rhythmic folk songs to a sophisticated, contemporary sound.

One thing consistent across cultures, time, and space, is music. It takes many forms in different parts of the world. On this compilation, One World One Music, we feature the music of multiple continents and musicians of several generations. Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim, Babatunde Olatunji, Ana Caram, Candido, Badi Assad, and Dave Liebman (among a host of additional legends and newcomers alike), there's something here for the most ardent World Music lover, and the novice alike. Chesky Records release.