A Nuyorican Tale

A Nuyorican Tale is an Urban Latin-Jazz musical concept that sings about the Puerto Rican & Nuyorican conundrum of New York City. The tales talk about racial tension and the historically fought battles rooted deeply in areas of the city like San Juan Hill and The South Bronx, ultimately shaping the foregrounds of the many Puerto Rican families living there in the ’40-’50s. The social elements vocalized and explained in this album are also turning points that galvanized the community’s historical path, defining their outcome and reshaping Puerto Rican Art and, eventually, their cultural habitat in the city. After you listen to these Latin-Jazz interpretations of the stories that I feel are the pinnacle and representation of my life, you, too, will get a sense of the importance of my people and their culture and what they’ve provided via their stories and music to our city. A Nuyorican Tale is more than just music: It is a three-dimensional acknowledgment of souls from Africa, and our Native Taino families all blended as one. When you put all of these together, you experience a Nuyorican: one who carries the torch and bares the rhythmic souls of our ancestors.