Cuban jazz singer Daymé Arocena smiles during an interview in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Riding on the heels of ...
Improvisation may seem more the tool of jazz musicians than filmmakers, but director T.G. Herrington set up some spontaneous interactions for the documentary “A Tuba to Cuba,” about the ...
Malian duo Amadou & Mariam, who combine traditional Malian sounds with everything from brass-heavy funk to reggae, Delta ...
composer and arranger Chucho Valdés is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz, as well as a Detroit favorite who headlined the 2022 Detroit Jazz Festival as artist-in-residence.
A Hartford, Connecticut, native has been nominated for a Grammy award in the Latin Jazz category. Zaccai Curtis's album ...
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 ...
Cuban Sun, Cuban Soil; I See; Ice Hotel; Every Little Movement; Paris to Cuba; Magic Circus; Snake Eyes; Before She Walked Away; Ice Hotel (Piano Version); Three Dozen Roses. Mario Grigorov: Piano, ...
First premiered at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre in 2013, this stunning production celebrates Chicago Jazz Philharmonic's deep-rooted connection to Cuba through a groundbreaking residency at the ...