Pianist, composer, and band leader Edward Kennedy “Duke" Ellington has long symbolized the epitome of class and style in the straight-ahead jazz world. Born in Washington DC on April 29, 1899, the ...
Experience an exciting evening of rhythm, energy, and improvisation as the Oakland University Latin Jazz Ensemble and Jazz ...
St. Philip's Friends of Music presents "Like the Voice of an Angel" at 7 p.m. Friday at St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church, 4440 N. Campbell Ave. The program features Homero Cerón on marimba, ...
Steve Alcala, a music teacher and trumpet player, fell in love with Latin Jazz, but very little sheet music was available to help his students learn. So he started a sheet music publishing company.
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 ...
If there’s a hole in your Latin music collection, Craft Recordings’ new series of Craft Latino vinyl reissues are a great place to start. From official press materials we learn: “Its rich and storied ...
He roped salsa into conversation with jazz, rock, funk and even modern classical music. “A new world music,” one critic said, “is being born.” Eddie Palmieri in performance in the early 1960s. From ...
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WouGCI6ARI4&feature=youtu.be] As students and families prepare for the 2024 commencement ceremony at CU Boulder on May 9, there ...