Harold Lopez-Nussa - NUEVA TIMBA (2025) [Hi-Res]

On 'Nueva Timba', the second Blue Note album by Cuban-born pianist Harold López-Nussa, the jazz vanguard meets multiple eras of Cuba's musical history with results that are at once accessible, life-affirming and strikingly accomplished. Featuring a core of unmatched talent - Harold's brother, Ruy Adrian López-Nussa, on drums; Luques Curtis on bass; and the harmonica virtuoso Grégoire Maret - the album presents a definitive vision for the future of Latin jazz. The album is a journey, a deeply personal narrative of trial and triumph rooted in profound life changes which tells the story of a man displaced: a young father finding his way in a new country while missing his homeland and mourning the loss of his mother. Slowly but surely, sunshine begins to poke through the clouds and he discovers a path forward. Consider 'Nueva Timba' musical tears of joy.