Born in Havana, Cuba in 1922, Ramon Santamaria, lovingly known as Mongo was to Afro-Cuban music what Ted Williams was to baseball. Fans loved his playing and fellow musicians studied his bongo and ...

José Luis Cortés, "one of the most important figures in contemporary Cuban music," died on April 18 in Havana, Cuba per the Instituto Cubano de la Música Jack Irvin has over five years of ...

He recorded music for over five decades that factored into Cuba's "Nueva Trova" movement, which began after Fidel Castro's reign in office sparked the rise of the Cuban Revolution. Representatives ...

Gillespie and Machito Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods The elements of music to consider Performing and composing ideas The impact of Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods ...

But if you start the clock when the Cuban supergroup's music first seeped into his soul, he's been penning it for decades. Like many Cubans and Cuban Americans, he grew up hearing the silky ...