{"id":1851,"date":"2009-10-23T01:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T08:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/?p=1851"},"modified":"2009-10-23T01:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-23T08:04:00","slug":"cd_miguel_zenon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2009\/10\/cd_miguel_zenon\/","title":{"rendered":"CD: Miguel Zen\u00c3\u00b3n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/Zenon%20Plena.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zenon Plena.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/assets_c\/2009\/10\/Zenon Plena-thumb-110x110-10890.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/a><strong>Miguel Zen\u00c3\u00b3n<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FEsta-Plena-Miguel-Zenon%2Fdp%2FB002JCMZEQ%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dmusic%26qid%3D1256239629%26sr%3D1-1&amp;tag=rifftidougram-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\" target=\"_bank\"><em>Esta Plena<\/em><\/a> (Marsalis Music). The alto saxophonist and composer illuminates and elevates <em>la plena<\/em>, the peoples&#8217; music of his native Puerto Rico. Zen\u00c3\u00b3n augments his quartet with percussionists playing <em>pandero<\/em>, <em>seguidor<\/em> and <em>requinto<\/em> drums to provide the music&#8217;s rhythmic heart. Zen\u00c3\u00b3n&#8217;s playing further establishes him as one of the most important young soloists in jazz. Pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Hans Glawischnig and drummer Henry Cole are impressive throughout. Zen\u00c3\u00b3n aids understanding of the music with a scholarly liner essay tracing the history and cultural importance of <em>la plena<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miguel Zen\u00c3\u00b3n, Esta Plena (Marsalis Music). The alto saxophonist and composer illuminates and elevates la plena, the peoples&#8217; music of his native Puerto Rico. Zen\u00c3\u00b3n augments his quartet with percussionists playing pandero, seguidor and requinto drums to provide the music&#8217;s rhythmic heart. Zen\u00c3\u00b3n&#8217;s playing further establishes him as one of the most important young soloists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-recommendations","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}