Acclaimed Afro-Cuban jazz pianist Elio Villafranca is set to take the stage Saturday at Prior-Jollek Hall on the Antilles ...

For two weeks every summer in Switzerland, the shores of Lake Geneva metamorphosize into a stage for the Montreux Jazz ...

Queens residents can look forward to a stellar lineup of Grammy-winning talent this spring as the Kupferberg Center for the ...

The rhythmic pulse of New Orleans jazz merged seamlessly with Afro-Cuban beats on the streets of Havana last month.

From the very first song in Roberto Fonseca 's Tiny Desk, we're reminded of the Afro-Cuban jazz tradition's long history: Not ...

Traditional and contemporary forms of Latin music are surveyed, including Afro jazz, Afro-Cuban, danzón, salsa, calypso and cha-cha-chá—as well as Brazilian forms, such as samba and baião. Jazz combos ...

Other jazz performers were trying to experiment with music originating from around the world. Charlie Parker (saxophonist) and Machito recorded the Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite album in 1950, and pianist ...

His cool, shimmering, jazz vibes, gliding fluidly atop fiery, hot Afro-Cuban rhythms, made for a sonic signature ... Tjader graduated in 1950 with a B.A. in education and a minor in music. With ...

the great Afro-Cuban percussionist; Danilo perez ... the Harlem School of the Arts will launch an important new, FREE music program, the Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Academy, made possible by the Herb Alpert ...

Explosive Salsa, Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban and Afro-Caribbean music from the classics to the latest. Hosted by Luis Medina.

They are commonly heard in salsa and Afro-Cuban jazz and play solos which contain improvisation. Music containing the pan pipes can be heard in countries in the Andes mountain range and several ...