The Latin Side of Jazz is a curated weekly playlist that showcases selected tracks from the best Latin jazz, Cuban, Brasilian, Ibero-American and Afro-Latin jazz music being released. We include well-known, established artists and new artists who are getting attention and global recognition.
Artist / Track / Album / Country
- Luis Mario Ochoa / Y La Negra Bailaba / Forever Lecuona / Cuba, Canada
- Diego Rivera / Rasquache / Mestizo / USA
- Carmen Souza, Theo Pas’cal, Jonathan Idiagbonya / Song for my Father / The Silver Messengers / Portugal, Cape Verde
- Joseph Derteano / Mediterráneo / Single Track / Venezuela, Spain
- Horacio “El Negro” Hernández, Italuba / Jazz Latin Total / Italuba XV – Se Me Perdió la Maleta / Cuba
- Joaquín Betancourt Joven Jazz Band feat. Andrea Brachfeld, Michel Herrera, Yasek Manzano / Livin’ in the Music / Single Track / Cuba, USA
- Triana y Luca / Ay Amor! / Single Track / Spain
- Isaac Hernández / Moriviví / Raíz / Dominican Republic
- Ramiro Pinheiro, Nicolás Correa, Gabriel Amargant, Horacio Fumero / Quatro Ventos / Sentido / Brasil, Spain
- The John Santos Sextet / Plena Vida (Full Life) / Art of the Descarga / USA
- Leyanis & Jessie Valdés / Pa’ Chucho / Valdés Brother‘s / Cuba
- Omar Sosa & Yilian Cañizares / De La Habana y Otras Nostalgias / Cuba
- Paula Morelenbaum, Joo Kraus, Ralf Schmid / Influencia do Jazz / Atlantico / Brasil

Featured photo: Leyanis & Jessie Valdés. From their album cover, Valdés Brother’s