The harp may be the least common instrument in jazz/improvised music—even the humble kazoo gets more of a run out. Dating back over 5,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia, the harp in its various guises ...

Edmar Castaneda plays a traditional instrument of the cowboys who work the plains of Colombia: the harp. It's much lighter than the harp played in symphony orchestras, and it plays a key role in ...

Edmar Castaneda was born in 1978, in the city of Bogota, Colombia. Since his move to the United States in 1994, Edmar has quite literally taken New York and the world stage by storm with the sheer ...

Yale Bands and Creative Concerts Inc. will present a concert featuring Colombian jazz harpist Edmar Castaneda on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. in Morse Recital Hall, 470 College St. Castaneda will ...

The Colombian harpist Edmar Castañeda was born in Bogotá, and began playing at 13. A few years later, in the mid-1990s, he moved to New York, where he studied jazz trumpet. Then he returned to the ...

The harp seems such a cerebral instrument, the sound a mix of, light, lush delicacy, refinement and finesse. It is not often heard in jazz outside of large ensemble settings. Columbian ...

BEATtrio (“Beat trio”), the all-star band featuring Fleck, harpist Edmar Castañeda and drummer Antonio Sánchez, will release its self-titled debut album on May 16 (Béla Fleck Productions / Thirty ...

Here's a good rule of thumb to consider when reviewing a jazz record and by that, I mean any jazz record. Jazz music is live music so if it sounds good in the studio will it sound even better on the ...

Airport security being what it is these days, there are probably easier things to drag around the world than a full-sized harp. But when it comes to dealing with check-in counters, harpist Edmar ...

Since his move to the United States in 1994, Colombia-born Edmar Castaneda has quite literally taken New York and the world stage by storm with the sheer force of his virtuosic command of the harp, ...

Ozawa Hall is a lofty, beautiful barn in the Berkshires -- or maybe a riff on a country church -- with natural wood and great acoustics. For the big concerts, the Tanglewood Jazz Festival throws open ...

There is probably a greater chance of winning the lottery and being struck by lightning than building a career as a successful, world-renowned jazz Colombian harpist. Fortunately, Edmar Castaneda was ...