The good news is that the Latin Jazz Category has been reinstated thanks to the efforts of a number of musicians on the East Coast (Bobby Sanabria, Ben Lapidus ) and West Coast (John Santos, Mark Levine) as well as many others across the country.

My latest recording El Cumbanchero with arrangements by Aruan Ortiz is in the running for the first round of nominations. I hope you will go to my myspace page to check out the music and vote for it as Best Latin Jazz recording.

EL CUMBANCHERO  for the Best Latin Jazz Album, category 35, #045.