Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro Latin Orchestra's new album, The Offense of the Drum, comes out May 6. The Offense of the Drum is one of those moments when the course of music with a long tradition is ...

This holiday season, GBH Music has the perfect soundtrack while you bake, wrap, shovel, and unwind after your hosting duties are done. You can listen to our Holiday Jazz stream in the player below by ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In a practice room at UNO’s School of Music, adjunct instructor Oscar Rossignoli melodically hits piano keys without any sheet music to read from or even notes that he memorized.

M‘s bubbly, irresistible 1979 single “Pop Muzik” was one of the first synthpop hits, reaching #1 in the UK, US and many other countries. For Record Store Day this year, M alter ego Robin Scott ...

The Spanish Harlem Orchestra performs in Houston Aug. 17. Beginning next week, Da Camera kicks off its third annual Houston SUMMERJAZZ weekend with the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. The salsa and Latin ...

Eddie Palmieri, La Perfecta during The 26th Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival - Day 2 at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (Photo by R. Diamond/WireImage) The world lost a giant of music.

On a Wednesday night in Dinkelspiel Auditorium, four vocalists rehearse an arrangement of Cuban singer Celia Cruz, accompanied by a pianist to their right. Through these weekly rehearsals, Stanford ...

Steve Alcala, a music teacher and trumpet player in the Central Valley, fell in love with Latin Jazz. He joined a mariachi band in high school, studied jazz in college and in the 1980s, became a high ...

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Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was 88. Fania Records announced Palmieri’s death Wednesday evening. Palmieri’s ...