Latin Jazz Pianist Zahili Zamora to Release New Project “Overcoming” on Oct. 24th, 2025 | LISTEN!
Latin Jazz Pianist Zahili Zamora to Release New Project “Overcoming” on Oct. 24th, 2025
Zahili González Zamora, the brilliant Cuban-born Afro Latin jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, bandleader, arranger and educator, is getting ready to release a landmark new album and she’s coming to Boston’s famed Scullers Jazz Club on Friday, October 24 for a very special date. Tickets at $35 and $45 are on sale now HERE. Zahili’s band at Scullers will feature Zahili on piano and vocals, Keisel Jimenez on percussion, Yosvany Terry on sax, Gerson Lazo on bass, Julian Miltenberger on drums; Yandy Garcia on drums and . Zahili will also feature a special surprise guest!
Scullers Jazz Club is located in Boston’s DoubleTree Guest Suites Hotel at 400 Soldiers Field Road in Allston, MA 02134. Parking is available on site. Website: https://www.scullersjazz.com.
Entitled Overcoming, each track on the new album explores Zahili’s deeply moving inner journeys through the challenges of “overcoming” her personal apprehensions that held her back from the renown she so deserves. “Rumination,” Blissful Sorrow,” “Despair,” “Duality Embrace,” and finally, “Negra” take listeners inside the different pieces of her very personal odysseys, creating a beautiful and beguiling landscape into the deepest metamorphoses of her inner soul.
Recorded in New York City at the prestigious Power Station—once the key recording studio home for artists such as Springsteen, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Bob Dylan and Tony Bennett—the new album features a formidable cast of some of today’s jazz finest musicians: Sean Jones on flugelhorn, Pedrito Martinez on percussion, Keisel Jimenez on percussion, Yosvany Terry on sax, Gerson Lazo Quiroga on bass, Julian Miltenberger on drums and Yandy Garcia on drums.
The single from the album, “Rumination” is streaming now on all platforms
“Rumination is a composition that evolved in many ways. Initially, this track was titled “Thick Wall,” then later “Introspection” and finally I settled on “Rumination,” says Zahili.
“I created this work during the pandemic after a three-month complete break from playing music. During that time, I sought to comprehend the unexpected sense of relief I felt, when the pandemic began. I had been experiencing burnout—and music has always been my guiding force—it has taken me from Cuba to Canada to Asia and then to the USA . . . it represents my identity, yet suddenly, I found myself engulfed in fear.”
“Rumination draws inspiration from the emotional journey that many artists face before or after a performance. Questions swirled in my mind: Did I do well? I made a mistake, and then I feared that I wouldn’t be respected. Was I good enough?”
“This piece serves as a letter to myself expressed through spoken word and sound. It reflects the insights I gained in therapy, where I discovered that my stage fright originated in my childhood, as a result of unresolved conflicts.”
The track features Zahili on piano, Julian Miltenberger on drums, Pedrito Martinez on bata drums, Gerson Lazo Quiroga on electric bass and Sean Jones on flugelhorn. “Rumination” also includes ‘spoken word’ written by Zahili herself in collaboration with Sheila Del Bosque.
Zahili González Zamora | Photo Credit: Robert Torres
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