Miguel Zenon turns traditional Puerto Rican sounds into innovative jazz

Saxophonist Miguel Zenon has made his mark in jazz by translating the traditional Afro-Caribbean rhythms in his head into freer forms of expression.

On his 2005 album, “Jibaro” (Marsalis Music), he used the “feel” of traditional Puerto Rican music as a creative space to play a kind of jazz so innovative that he won Best New Artist in a JazzTimes poll. The New Yorker’s new album, “Awake” (Marsalis Music), takes the concept even further.”*

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