NPR

The music of Latin jazz pioneers lives on through sheet music from a small publisher

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.
WFAE

A free Latin jazz ensemble for young students is launching in Charlotte

A new Latin jazz ensemble for youth, Nuestro Tiempo, will be free through JazzArts Charlotte, but auditions are required. JazzArts Charlotte has long made an effort to inspire the city's youngest ...
Yahoo

These 10 Latin Artists Changed Music Forever. Here’s How They Did It.

Over the years, many iconic musicians have helped popularize Latin music in the United States. In the process, they’ve exposed wider audiences to an array of genres and cultures. From pioneers like ...
Brattleboro Reformer

Groove to the sounds of Grammy Award-winning Zaccai Curtis’s Latin Jazz Quintet on Jan. 17

The Vermont Jazz Center will host Grammy Award-winning pianist Zaccai Curtis in concert on Saturday, Jan. 17, at 7:30 p.m.
East Bay Times

Eddie Palmieri dies at 88; Grammy-winning musician was a pioneer of Latin jazz

Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was 88. Fania Records announced Palmieri’s death Wednesday evening. Palmieri’s ...
PBS

Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble

[ Up-tempo Latin jazz plays ] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ Up-tempo Latin jazz plays ] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [ Saxophone solo ...
New York Post

Eddie Palmieri, Latin jazz musician and Grammy winner from East Harlem, dead at 88

Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was 88. Fania Records announced Palmieri’s death Wednesday evening. Palmieri’s ...
wtvr

Latin Jazz and Salsa Festival moves to 17th Street Market: 'The music brings people from all over'

RICHMOND, Va. -- The 17th annual Latin Jazz & Salsa Festival took place Saturday for the first time at Richmond's 17th Street Market. "Sweet" Louis Hidalgo, the "Voice of Latin Jazz," who created the ...
Yahoo

Becoming Vera Trailer Previews Coming-Of-Age Latin Jazz Music Drama | Exclusive

ComingSoon is debuting an exclusive Becoming Vera trailer for the new coming-of-age music drama about a Latin Jazz piano prodigy’s music journey. Following its world premiere at Cinequest, the movie ...
Complex

Eddie Palmieri, Latin Jazz Pioneer, Dies at 88

Eddie Palmieri, the Grammy-winning pianist who blasted Latin jazz into the future and, in the process, laid bedrock for hip-hop’s genre-blending ethos, died on August 6 at his home in New Jersey after ...
Jazz

Latin Jazz Ensemble

Latin Jazz Concert at the John Anthony Theater at Collin College, Saturday, Nov 3rd, 2012 8pm 2800 E Spring Creek Pkwy Plano, TX 214.233.5177 Tickets $5 at the door, free admission with any student ID ...