The Central Avenue Jazz Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary Saturday, with Grammy-winning Latin jazz legend Poncho Sanchez headlining alongside Gregory Porter and Jazzmeia Horn. Why it matters: ...

Eddie Palmieri, the Grammy-winning Nuyorican pianist, bandleader and composer who helped innovate Afro-Caribbean music in the States and transform the New York salsa scene, died on Wednesday. He was ...

*The fifth Leimert Park Jazz Festival in Los Angeles on Saturday, August 31 contributed a scintillating balance of veteran and fiery up-and-coming talent to a Clear, warm, and breezy afternoon. Hosted ...

Steve Alcala started teaching high school music in the 1980s. Today, he supplies much needed sheet music to customers around ...

Introduction. The Other Jazz -- Why call it Latin Jazz? Afro-Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Cubop, Caribbean Jazz, Jazz Latin, or just... Jazz: the politics of naming an intercultural Music -- Caribbean ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- The 17th annual Latin Jazz & Salsa Festival took place Saturday for the first time at Richmond's 17th Street Market. "Sweet" Louis Hidalgo, the "Voice of Latin Jazz," who created the ...

Presenting his fifth album as leader, Puerto Rican jazz guitarist Richard Peña unveils The Latin Side of Jazz Guitar, continuing his personal exploration of Afro-Caribbean rhythms, leading a quintet ...

Fernando Trueba, Oscar-winning Spanish director (for “La Belle Epoque”), describes his new film, “Calle 54,” as a “musical banquet” to which he invited his favorite Latin jazz musicians to perform at ...

Pianist Sarah Cahill performs a free concert celebrating nature on Sept. 19 at Community School of Music and Arts. Courtesy Miranda Sanborn. ‘Sarah Cahill: ‘The Woods So Wild’ Pianist Sarah Cahill, ...