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 ...

When Bauza met Cuban bandleader Machito, together they transformed American popular music. Afro-Cuban music also offered immigrants a sense of pride and identity. It mixed secret Cuban 'spirit ...

NMU Vocal Music Instructor Rebecca Patterson is bringing two violins and a viola from Jim's Music to Cuba for music students.

They did it with salsa. They won’t do it to my music. My music is Afro Cuban. And that’s what it is.” When it comes to music defined as “Latin,” the contributions of Black artists often ...

Born and bred in Taiwan, Vincent Tsung-Yu Hsu is an award-winning bassist and composer who fuses jazz and Afro-Cuban music with his Taiwanese roots. Hsu was awarded a master’s degree in Jazz ...

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

Experience the vibrant rhythms and soulful connection between Cuba and Spain in 'Flamenco y Cuba', an evening of Flamenco ...

Pinecrest Gardens, in collaboration with the Celia Cruz Estate, is set to honor the centennial of Celia Cruz’s birth with a ...

The show starts with a performance of the more traditional Afro-Cuban music and dance styles associated with Santeria, and ends with a high-energy rumba that gets foreigners and Cubans alike up ...