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Miguel Zenón

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Saxophonist, Composer Grammy Winner, Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Doris Duke Artist Awardee Faculty at MIT

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#TBT “Same Flight” performed by the Miguel Zenon Identities Big Band at the Newport Jazz Festival 2014 🎷 Looking forward to presenting my big band The Jazz Gallery in #NYC on Nov 21 & 22 🎟️ t.ly/G-Ubb

24.10.2025 10:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🎓 It's an honor to be at Kent State University in Ohio this week as Visiting Artist hosting masterclasses and concerts and more

20.10.2025 13:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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FYC 🚨 2026 Latin Grammy Awards 💫 Best Latin Jazz Album 🎷 GOLDEN CITY 🌟 “GOLDEN CITY was originally commissioned by SF Jazz and Hewlett Foundation and was recorded with the support of Chamber Music America and Aaron Copland Fund for Music 🎧 LISTEN NOW t.ly/aCmIc

13.10.2025 18:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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FYC 🚨 2026 Latin Grammy Awards 💫 Best Latin Jazz Album 🎷 GOLDEN CITY 🎧 LISTEN NOW t.ly/aCmIc

09.10.2025 18:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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For Your Consideration ✨ GOLDEN CITY ✨ "Best Latin Jazz Album for the 26th Annual Latin Grammy Awards 🎷 miguelzenon.bandcamp.com/album/golden...

06.10.2025 17:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Jazz news: Saxophonist Miguel Zenón Earns 2025 Latin Grammy Nomination For 'Golden City' Jazz news: Saxophonist Miguel Zenón Earns 2025 Latin Grammy Nomination For 'Golden City'. Posted in “Award / Grant” column. Published: September 22, 2025 @ All About Jazz

"Internationally acclaimed saxophonist/composer Miguel Zenón has earned a 2025 Latin Grammy nomination in the category of Best Latin Jazz Album for his widely heralded album Golden City." - All About Jazz www.allaboutjazz.com/news/saxopho...

06.10.2025 14:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Thrilling… The decades of shared experience are heard in the cohesion of rhythm section and horn, the wily embellishments of harmony... moving rather than rushing to an emotional and creative climax." - Kevin LeGendre, Jazzwise 🙏 t.ly/N-ifu

01.10.2025 20:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thanks to @natechinen.bsky.social for coming out to to support the VANGUARDIA SUBTERRANEA: LIVE FROM THE VILLAGE VANGUARD release 🙏 Read the full review thegig.substack.com/p/vanguardia...

24.09.2025 18:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Miguel Zenón - Vanguardia Subterránea, Live At The Village Vanguard After all his musical milestones and his constant celebration of Puerto Rican traditions, it’s great to finally have a live album from Zenón’s quartet—capturing the energy, warmth, and history that ha...

“After all his musical milestones and his constant celebration of Puerto Rican traditions, it’s great to finally have a live album from Zenón’s quartet—capturing the energy, warmth, and history that have shaped his sound for two decades.” — Tim Larsen, Jazz Views 🙏🏽 jazzviews.net/miguel-zenon...

23.09.2025 18:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sweeps Week: Top August Jazz Releases, Henkin Edition - JazzTimes Here are Andrey Henkin’s monthly picks, coming to you the last Wednesday of the month. George Coleman, With Strings (HighNote Records) Almost exactly 73 years … Read More "Sweeps Week: Top August Jazz...

“...strongly melodic modern mainstream jazz date, benefitting from the energy of its historical locale.” — Audrey Henkin, JazzTimes on VANGUARDIA SUBTERRANEA: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD 🙏 jazztimes.com/reviews/albu...

19.09.2025 15:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"Must-See Three – Jazz in NYC This Week” — @Jim Macnie Jim Macnie, Lament For A Straight Line 🙏 We’ll be Village Vanguard thru Sunday, Sep 21. Stop by if you’re in the neighborhood 🎟🔗 t.ly/buZ8U

18.09.2025 21:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Returning to The Village Vanguard tomorrow, to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Miguel Zenon Quartet & the release of our first live ablum, VANGUARDIA SUBTERRANEA: LIVE FROM THE VILLAGE VANGUARD 🎷 Sep 16 - 21 🎟️ t.ly/KVpSU

15.09.2025 15:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Reviewed: Miguel Zenón Vanguardia Subterránea | Fabia Mantwill Orchestra | Daniel Garbin - Jazz Journal Miguel Zenón Vanguardia Subterránea: Live At The Village Vanguard (Miel Music MZ11) A jazz album recorded at the Village Vanguard club in New York is proof of having passed through the portals of a ha...

“It’s impossible to overstate how much two decades of playing together has fused three distinctive musical voices into one so powerfully eloquent.”— Nigel Jarrett, Jazz Journal 🙏🏽

14.09.2025 13:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"This outstanding ensemble's concert recording is a feast for all fans of music that unfolds freely without abandoning its roots in jazz tradition. This isn't about experimentation, but rather masterfully played jazz with verve, virtuosity, and spirit.”—Jacek Brun, Jazz-Fun 🙏 t.ly/h_aZr

13.09.2025 18:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Miguel Zenón Marks 20 Years with His Quartet on First-Ever Live Album, Vanguardia Subterránea New music releases, news and information from the world of jazz, soul, R&B, funk, fusion, smooth jazz, world, reggae & beyond.

“Zenón captures the raw vitality of a live performance while honoring his roots, his quartet's unique chemistry and the profound relationship between jazz & Latin American music. It's not only a 20th-anniversary milestone, but also a bold artistic statement..." -Patrick Brutus, Jazz Chill t.ly/JqSts

11.09.2025 13:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kicking Off Tomorrow 🚨 Miguel Zenon Quartet tour presenting music from our new release VANGUARDIA SUBTERRANEA: LIVE FROM THE VILLAGE VANGUARD fea. Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig, and Henry Cole On Drums! 📍 Austin, TX 📍 Houston, TX📍 NYC📍Cincinnati, OH📍Chicago, IL 📍Holland, MI📍Urbana, IL 🎟️ t.ly/VoNr9

10.09.2025 19:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Miguel Zenón Quartet, “Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard” The legendary composer and his group flex their considerable chops.

Miguel Zenon is one of my favorite artists and I was overjoyed when Bandcamp agreed to let me review "Vanguardia Subterranea," the first live album from the Miguel Zenon Quartet. Unless the next 4 months are otherworldly, it is a slam-dunk top 10 record of 2025.
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29.08.2025 18:41 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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ALBUM RELEASE: VANGUARDIA SUBTERRÁNEA: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD BY THE MIGUEL ZENÓN QUARTET Miguel Zenón, one of this generation’s premier saxophonists, has been the leader on 18 albums since record producers recognized him as a unique talent deserving the jazz community’s attention. As a result, Zenón first recorded Looking Forward on the Fresh Sound New Talent label in 2002 and then Ceremonial on ...

“Miguel Zenón, one of this generation’s premier saxophonists… has remained consistent in his vision and in his style …Zenón’s muse is his own, and the themes of his albums, generated by the breadth of his imagination, defy expectations…. exhilarating.” -- Bill Donalson, Arstash 🙏 t.ly/eYwbh

05.09.2025 13:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Miguel Zenon: Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard album review @ All About Jazz Miguel Zenon: Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard album review by Doug Collette, published on August 18, 2025. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!

"This work should be relished for the extraordinary achievement that it is. " - Doug Collette, All About Jazz on Vanguardia Subterranea: Live at the Village Vanguard 🙏 📖 t.ly/dlHrl

04.09.2025 18:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Miguel Zenón Quartet Fall tour presenting music from our new release VANGUARDIA SUBTERRANEA: LIVE FROM THE VILLAGE VANGUARD starts next week 🚨 featuring Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig, and Henry Cole! 🎟️ t.ly/VoNr9

03.09.2025 13:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard" out today 🚨 Recorded live at NYC's Jazz Mecca 🎷 Village Vanguard and fea. Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig and Henry Cole 🍾 Very proud of this one...#miguelzenon, #newalbum, #thevillagevanguard, #nyc, #miguelzenonquartet 💿 orcd.co/vanguardiasu...

29.08.2025 14:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"Musica de las Americas" 🎷Album #7 in Miguel Zenón Quartet album retrospective 📀 Our new and very 1st live album drops tomorrow 📣 VANGUARDIA SUBTERRANEA: Live from the Village Vanguard 🗓️ Aug 29 🔗 is.gd/6AlWIb

28.08.2025 16:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"Sonero" 🎷Album #6 by Miguel Zenón Quartet w Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig & Henry Cole 📀 We're at the end of our album retrospective... stay tuned for the 20th anniversary release 📣 VANGUARDIA SUBTERRANEA: Live from the Village Vanguard 🗓️ August 29 🔗 Pre-order is.gd/6AlWIb

27.08.2025 20:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"Típico" 🎷 Album #5 by Miguel Zenón Quartet 📀 Follow our album retrospective as we count down to our 20th anniversary release 📣 VANGUARDIA SUBTERRANEA: Live from the Village Vanguard 🗓️ August 29th 📀 Pre-order is.gd/6AlWIb

27.08.2025 00:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"Identities Are Changeable" 🇵🇷 Album #4 by the Miguel Zenón Quartet, plus the Identities Big Band 🎷 Follow our album retrospective as we count down to our 20th anniversary release 📣 VANGUARDIA SUBTERRANEA: Live from the Village Vanguard 🗓️ August 29th 📀 Pre-order is.gd/6AlWIb

25.08.2025 20:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook 🇵🇷 Album #3 in our Miguel Zenón Quartet album retrospective in celebration of our 20th anniversary release 🎷 Vanguardia Subterranea: Live from the Village Vanguard 🎹 w. Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig and Henry Cole 🗓️ August 29th 📀 Pre-order is.gd/6AlWIb

23.08.2025 20:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Continuing our Miguel Zenón Quartet album retrospective with 2009's ESTA PLENA... Check it out and enjoy, as you wait for our first live album to drop on August 29th 🎷 Vanguardia Subterranea: Live from the Village Vanguard w/ Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig & Henry Cole 📀Pre-order is.gd/6AlWIb

22.08.2025 20:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Remembering AWAKE... An album retrospective to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Miguel Zenón Quartet & the release of our 1st live album 🎷 Vanguardia Subterranea: Live from the #VillageVanguard fea. Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig & Henry Cole 🗓️ Aug 29 #TBT 📀 PRE-ORDER is.gd/6AlWIb

21.08.2025 20:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"It’s impossible to overstate how much two decades of playing together has fused four distinctive musical voices into one so powerfully eloquent' - JAZZ JOURNAL 🎷 Miguel Zenón Quartet 1st live album VANGUARDIA SUBTERRANEA: LIVE FROM THE VILLAGE VANGUARD 📣 drops August 29 📀 PRE-ORDER is.gd/6AlWIb

20.08.2025 22:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“…one of the most intriguing jazz albums of the year.” — TONE Scott, Goldmine 🙏🏽🎷 Miguel Zenón Quartet’s 1st live album VANGUARDIA SUBTERRANEA: LIVE FROM THE VILLAGE VANGUARD drops on Aug 29 🗓️ on Miel Music #jazz #latinjazz 💿 PRE-ORDER NOW 🔗 is.gd/6AlWIb

08.08.2025 19:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0