Havana Jazz Festival was founded in 1979 by Cuban musicians and featured more than 100 performances last year. Grammy award-winner and organiser of the event Chucho Valdés described the vibe of ...

Join Lulaworld across the city (and beyond) for a five night CUBAN JAZZ FEST showcasing award-winning Cuban Canadian jazz artists. Canada is home to some of the finest Cuban talent anywhere!

At 84, the drummer whose discography includes credits on more than 600 albums is releasing another by his long-running ...

Cuban music has played a huge role in the development of jazz, with musicians like Chano Pozo exporting Cuban rhythms to the U.S. to create the fusion known as Latin Jazz. Cuban jazz maestro and ...

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

Other jazz performers were trying to experiment with music originating from around the world. Charlie Parker (saxophonist) and Machito recorded the Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite album in 1950, and pianist ...

Cuban Fantasy; Guarabe; Tamanco no Samba (Samba Blim); Tu Crees Que?; Silenciosa; Descarga Cachao; Manuel Deeghit; Guachi Guara. Cal Tjader (vibes, timbales ...

So, I'm very influenced by a lyrical harmonic approach in the jazz vocabulary, but always with my clave. (laughs) - Oh, yes, uh-huh. - Always with that clave, with that Cuban approach. But I think ...

Palante Jazz brings together seven musicians who, collectively, have more than a couple of centuries of experience playing ...