Led by guitarist Jose Guzman, this ensemble blends the heart of Afro-Caribbean rhythms with staples as the Cuban son, Puerto Rican bomba, salsa, descarga, cha-cha and bembe, counterpointed with the ...

Buffalo Music Hall of Famer Wendell Rivera will turn up the heat at the Kenan Center’s Taylor Theatre in Lockport tonight when he performs Afro-Caribbean jazz and Tipico Puerto Rican music backed by ...

A jazz program on Chicago's Northwest Side pairs young musicians with renowned artists to hone their musical abilities while gaining exposure in the industry. La Cantera's ensemble of Chicago ...

Carnival in the Caribbean, a riotous spectacle of drums, rhythm, dance, color and phantasmagorical characters, inspires jazz trumpeter and composer Etienne Charles. “I have always thought of Carnival ...

An underground oasis of speakeasy-like splendor in the midst of San Francisco’s gritty Tenderloin, Black Cat has become the region’s primary portal into the polyrhythmic future of jazz. The latest ...

Each year, visitors and the community members celebrate the achievements in music during the C-U Jazz Festival. This year’s festival, occurring Oct 8-11, will offer various jazz artists performances, ...

The horns were having trouble nailing the inflections on “Chega De Saudade,” the bossa nova standard, so Charles sang the lines out loud, vocalizing a kind of hand-drum pattern. Then he told the horns ...

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 ...

Buffalo Music Hall of Famer Wendell Rivera will turn up the heat at the Kenan Center’s Taylor Theatre on Saturday night when he performs Afro-Caribbean jazz and Tipico Puerto Rican music backed by his ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Trumpeter Etienne Charles stood in a Michigan State University classroom on a recent Tuesday evening — about 2,000 miles north and 50 degrees Fahrenheit south of his native ...