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 ...

Since Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo birthed "Manteca" in the '40s just as Cuban musicians like Machito were shaking up New York's jazz scene, Afro-Cuban jazz has continued to entice and fascinate ...

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 ...

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 ...

Starting in July, Oh! Jazz adds a window to Afro-Cuban rhythms and the vast talent of Cuban performers in collaboration with the awarded art center Fabrica de Arte Cubano. Fábrica de Arte Cubano (FAC) ...

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 ...

Victor Campbell doesn’t like to stay in one musical place. The Cuban-born pianist may open his solo set with some James Booker, as he did during a concert last year hosted by the Jazz National ...

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 ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

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 ...