Jazz

The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Goes Carioca

Afro-Cuban Latin jazz includes salsa, merengue, songo, son, mambo, bolero, charanga, and cha cha cha. Originated in the 1940's when Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Kenton began to combine the rhythm section ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

Renowned Afro-Cuban jazz artist plays Glenwood tonight

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado – Three generations of jazz musicianship strong, the legendary Valdes family roots continue on with the Chuchito Valdes Afro-Cuban Ensemble, the featured act in tonight’s ...
New York Sun

Reliving a Breakthrough in the Creation of Afro Latin Jazz

“Afro Cuban Rhythm is akin to the joy of the man who has discovered fire.” That’s a quote that has been attributed to Dizzy Gillespie, but regardless of whether he actually said it, he more than ...
Jazz

Afro-Cuban jazz under the banyan trees

Latin fire is in pianist Chuchito Valdés' genes. He's the son of Chucho Valdés and grandson of the late Bebo Valdés, two of Cuba's venerable jazz pianists.Though now based in Cancun, Mexico, he ...
LAist

Bach With A Twist Of Afro-Cuban Jazz

Only 7% of LAist readers currently donate to fund our journalism. Help raise that number, so our nonprofit newsroom stays strong in the face of federal cuts. Donate now. Johann Sebastian Bach's music ...
The Digital Universe

BYU community shares in Afro-Cuban tradition

Students filed into the Harold B. Lees Library's Reynolds Auditorium to experience Afro-Cuban culture and jazz. For decades, this style of music has formed the basis of Latin jazz in the United States ...
Gothamist

Weekend arts planner: "The Nosebleed," Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

An evening out at the theater is almost always a welcome opportunity, but every now and then it’s something more: an experience that transcends entertainment and really gets under your skin in a ...
Tallahassee Democrat

Feel the rhythm as Latin and Cuban jazz take an energetic spin at Word of South

People often ask, “Scotty: what is Latin Jazz? What is Cuban Jazz?” There’s no pat and easy answer. What has come to be known as Latin Jazz might have had its earliest incarnation in some rhythms and ...
insider.si.edu

From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz. Raul A. Fernandez

La biblioteca recibi©đ apoyo federal del Fondo de Inciativas Latinas, administrado por el Museo Nacional del Latino Estadounidense. Library purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, ...
Vail Daily

OKAN brings Afro-Cuban roots, jazz, folk and global rhythms to Beaver Creek

OKAN showcases its fusion of Afro-Cuban roots, jazz, folk and global rhythms during two shows in the Vilar Performing Arts Center’s May Gallery Saturday. It’s all part of Live in the May Gallery, VPAC ...
PBS

Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble

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