Alma y Corazón: A Jazz Tribute to Miriam Jiménez Román

Miriam was more of a tía to me than the one I was related to by blood. It wasn’t necessary because of the quantity of time we spent together, but, like anyone of us who realize we share a soul with someone else, it was because of spirit — alma y corazón. Miri was an uptown kid, like me, but she was of my parent’s generation. When I met Juan in college and our relationship evolved from…