Puerto Rican jazzman explores folk genre of his homeland

“In the poor section of San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he was born and grew up, Miguel Zenon was surrounded by bomba and plena ”” the irresistible island music that emerged from the African diaspora.

Not until much later did the jazz saxophonist discover jibaro, the Spanishrooted music of rural Puerto Rico….”

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