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Jazz Appreciation Month 2011 – the 10th Anniversary – examines the legacies of jazz women, and their advocates, who helped transform race, gender and social relations in the U.S. in the quest to build a more just and equitable nation. The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, founded in 1937 at the Piney Woods School in Mississippi, will be the focus of the JAM Launch a museum display and special online and public programming [...]

Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York Presenta: XIV CONGRESO ANUAL: CUBA Y SU MÚSICA Sunday, October 4, 2015 ~ 9 am to 8 pm Join us at...

Cuban-born American pianist and composer Fabian Almazan just released his new album Rhizome through Blue Note/ArtistShare. Almazan will celebrate the release with an engagement...

The 3-time GRAMMY® nominated drummer Duduka Da Fonseca will be releasing what he considers to be one of the most expressive works of his...

"One of the most compelling and exciting young jazz artists ushering the genre into groundbreaking new territory is trumpeter/bandleader Etienne Charles, who, still in...

Royal Conservatory 2015-2016 Season, TD Jazz: Katrina 10 Years On, Jazz, Royal Conservatory Presents: Butler, Bernstein & The Hot 9 Event Sponsor: TD Canada Trust TD...

Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture announces complete schedule, artistic personnel and activities for Tito Puente: A Fifty-Year Retrospective of ‘El Rey’ The first ever...

The 29th Festival Jazz Plaza 2013 will take place in Havana from December 19th to 22nd, and it will be devoted to Bebo and...

A 35th anniversary for the Festival: everyone is invited to the party! Free outdoor program of the 35th edition of the Festival International de Jazz...

Latin jazz concert schedule at Jazz Standard @ October ALL SHOW TIMES:  7:30 & 9:30PM + 11:30PM ON FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS Jazz Standard is located at...

Donald Vega arrived in the U.S. from Nicaragua at the age of 14.  He spoke no English (except two words: “Bud Powell”) but quickly...

The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance Presents: East Meets West February 1 & 2 at Symphony Space Program to Feature GRAMMY® Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Directed...

Honduran/Spanish Artist Eva Cortés Releases NEW JAZZ RECORD For The First Time in America. EVA CORTÉS BRILLIANTLY FUSES LATIN AMERICAN RHYTHMS AND A FLAMENCO...

Report by Oscar Montagut Bogota, Colombia – January, 2012 For nine consecutive years the Danilo Perez Foundation has celebrated the Panama Jazz Festival with the best...

Somi Breaks New Ground On Her Major Label Debut: The Lagos Music Salon - New African Jazz and Soul Inspired By A Journey To Lagos,...

Christian McBride and Tip City & James Gelfand Trio 2016-2017 Season, The Royal Conservatory, Jazz, TD Jazz: The Art of the Trio DATE: Saturday, May 13,...

Vocalist/Composer KAVITA SHAH Collaborates with Lionel Loueke on Debut Album, VISIONS - Co-Produced by Guitarist Lionel Loueke, Album Combines Jazz Quintet with Indian Tablas...

Straight out of Havana, Cuba comes Orquesta Akokán - a blazing presentation of deeply soulful mambo reminiscent of Benny Moré and banda gigante of...

Pianist, composer, arranger Hilario Durán makes a triumphant musical homecoming on his new album "Contumbao", released on ALMA Records on September 23, 2017. Internationally recognised...

José Alberto “El Canario”, Ismael Miranda and Domingo Quiñones, with Johnny Olivo Jr. con su Herencia de Plena: A Special Holiday Celebration Presented by...