Salsa Meets Jazz: The Music of Héctor Lavoe & Frankie Ruiz with special guest Vincent Herring
About This Event
At Dizzy's Club, Salsa Meets Jazz presents the music of Héctor Lavoe and Frankie Ruiz with special guest saxophonist Vincent Herring. Lavoe, who helped popularize salsa from the 1960s through the 1980s, and Frankie Ruiz, a leading voice of salsa romántica in the 1980s and early 1990s, are interpreted here through a jazz-oriented ensemble featuring Herring, a veteran alto saxophonist on the New York scene.
About The Music of Héctor Lavoe & Frankie Ruiz
At Dizzy’s Club in New York City, Salsa Meets Jazz frames the songbooks of Héctor Lavoe and Frankie Ruiz through a straight-ahead jazz lens, with alto saxophonist Vincent Herring among the featured performers. Lavoe’s 1970s New York recordings and Ruiz’s later Puerto Rican salsero style sit inside the same city story, shaped by migration, radio, and club culture. This program treats salsa not as a diversion from jazz, but as a neighboring language with shared rhythmic discipline. It reads like a brief history lesson told in solos and coro.
About the Artists
Salsa Meets Jazz
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Héctor Lavoe
Héctor Lavoe is remembered as a defining voice in Afro-Caribbean music, moving between salsa’s dance-floor drive and the phrasing of bolero and son. His recordings with major bandleaders shaped how the music was sung and arranged from the late 1960s through the 1980s, influencing later currents like salsa romántica.
Frankie Ruiz
Frankie Ruiz is a Puerto Rican singer associated with salsa romántica, a style that brought a smoother, lyric-forward sensibility to the salsa scene of the 1980s and early 1990s. His work is often heard alongside the legacy of Héctor Lavoe, and his repertoire continues to be revisited in projects such as Salsa Meets Jazz, including performances at New York City’s Dizzy’s Club with guest artists like saxophonist Vincent Herring.
Vincent Herring
Vincent Herring is a dynamic force in the jazz world, known for his electrifying performances and soulful interpretations. With a career that has seen him share stages with legends like Eddie Henderson and Steve Turre, Herring is a staple at the renowned Smoke Jazz & Supper Club in New York City.
Salsa Meets Jazz: The Music of Héctor Lavoe & Frankie Ruiz
Salsa Meets Jazz: The Music of Héctor Lavoe & Frankie Ruiz is a New York City–based project that filters classic salsa repertoire through a small-group jazz lens. At Dizzy’s Club, the ensemble draws on the songbooks associated with Lavoe and Ruiz, framing their melodies and rhythmic language for improvisation.
special guest Vincent Herring
Special guest Vincent Herring is a jazz saxophonist associated with hard bop and modern straight-ahead playing. At Dizzy’s Club in New York City, he appears with Salsa Meets Jazz for a program centered on the repertory of Héctor Lavoe and Frankie Ruiz, connecting jazz improvisation to the phrasing and pulse of classic salsa.