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 ...
The temperature outside may be cold, but indoors on Saturday at Springfield Symphony Hall it is going to be “hot, hot, hot” ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...