In his landmark book, “Cubano Be, Cubano Bop: One Hundred Years of Jazz in Cuba,” the Cuban musician and musicologist Leonardo Acosta wrote: “Sometimes critics and historians from the United States ...

Acclaimed living legend of Afro-Cuban music, seven-time GRAMMY Award winner and six-time Latin GRAMMY Award winner Chucho Valdés celebrates his lauded 60-year recording career with an instant-classic, ...

In 1970, at a jazz festival in Poland, pianist Chucho Valdés’ life would change practically overnight. At that festival, he and his quintet unveiled an ambitious new work, “Misa Negra,” which married ...

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 ...

Today our musical guest is Cuban-born Afro Latin jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, bandleader, arranger and educator Zahili Gonzalez Zamora. She started playing piano at the age of six and graduated ...

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There’s a lot of live music to dig into for November, including a recent discovery who is helping to redefine Latin jazz. The Cuban expatriate pianist and composer Harold Lopez-Nussa has just released ...

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from Havana that Cuban jazz — which Fidel Castro at one time tried to suppress— is becoming increasingly important in international music circles and to the island nation's ...

Preservation Hall Jazz Band have added a fall run to their 2019 North American tour itinerary celebrating the release of their new documentary, A Tuba to Cuba. The new dates start October 22nd at the ...

Cuban jazz sparks a life-changing bond between a dementia patient and his caretaker in 'The Cuban,' a drama starring Louis Gossett Jr. By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film Critic In its first ...