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Welcome to Episode # 2 of the Latin Jazz Corner Podcast, we’ve got a lot of great things packed into this show, all suited for the Latin Jazz community.

We start out by talking about a yearly tradition on the Latin Jazz Corner site, the Best Of The Year Awards. As this episode comes out, we are knee deep in the voting for the Best Of 2011 Awards – it’s an exciting time where we look back and celebrate the outstanding music that we’ve experienced throughout the year. Here’s a couple of links so that you can dig a little deeper into the Best Of The Year Awards.

Here’s the main page for the Best Of 2011 Awards. Voting runs between December 8th, 2011 and December 23rd, 2011 – if you’re checking this out between those dates, head on over and place your vote! Otherwise, you’ll be checking out the results.

The LJC Best Of The Year Awards have been running since 2007, so a lot of great music has been recognized. Take the opportunity to go back through the years and check out the music – start of the main page for the LJC Best Of The Year Awards.

In our second segment, we take a look at the new album from Alexa Weber Morales, I Wanna Work For You. There’s a snippet of an interview that I did with Morales as she was putting together this album, where she talks about the idea behind the album and we listen to a track from the recording, “Catastrofe De Amor.”

You can check out the transcription of the full, three part interview that I did with Morales – here’s Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

After hearing this track, you’re definitely going to want to hear the whole release – here’s the site for Alexa Weber Morales’ I Wanna Work For You.

The last piece of the podcast focuses upon percussionist Sammy Figueroa and his latest album, Urban Nature. There’s a piece of an interview that I did with Figueroa that delves into his career as a bandleader and digs into the creation of Figueroa’s album Urban Nature. It’s a great insight into one of the modern Latin Jazz world’s very important artists.

When you take a look at Figueroa’s career, you’ll be impressed with all of the amazing music that he’s been a part of – to get the full picture, head on over to Sammy Figueroa’s website.

You’ve also got to take a listen to Urban Nature – it’s really an outstanding piece of Latin Jazz. Here’s a link where you can pick up Sammy Figueroa’s Urban Nature.

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