Whenever the word "Afro-Caribbean" appears in an album's title, there are sure to be plenty of bold and exciting rhythmic passages, and Fiesta at Caroga, recorded by the Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective ...

NY good business begins every days work with a focus upon their mission statement. Its generally a paragraph that simply and clearly states the companys goals and defines the motivation behind their ...

Turiya Mareya was 5 when she began learning to play the piano and she figures her family of musicians probably expected her to play in church. She had other plans. “I studied a little bit of classical ...

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 ...

The release marks the first phase of Primo Lounge’s broader cultural publishing initiative, alongside a forthcoming ...

Born and bred in Taiwan, Vincent Tsung-Yu Hsu is an award-winning bassist and composer who fuses jazz and Afro-Cuban music with his Taiwanese roots. Hsu was awarded a master’s degree in Jazz ...

March is Women’s History Month by presidential proclamation. The month is set aside to honor women’s contributions in American history.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jazz at Lincoln Center will launch its “Mother Africa” season with the world premiere of “Afro!,” a new commission by managing and ...

Victor Parra was a Chicago-area radio host, musician and bandleader who championed Afro-Cuban jazz music as the host of his weekly radio show, “Mambo Express,” on both WBEZ-FM and WDCB-FM. Parra was ...

With a vocal dynamism that straddles house, jazz, R&B and folk, she deserves a high profile for 'Entropy,' her new EP with ...

The compelling question that confronts African musicians - Botswana in particular - is whether the title "jazz" accurately categorises the music they play. More importantly, it has to be considered ...