What does integrity do in the face of adversity / oppression? What does honesty do in the face of lies / deception? What does decency do...
Arturo O’Farrill Journeys to the U.S.-Mexico Border to Erase Artificial Dividing Lines to Envision a Future of Inclusion and Collaboration Between Nations Fandango at the Wall:...
There’s something truly striking about experiencing live music interpreted by a large ensemble, a big band orchestra. Even more if it is a band that carries...
Luminato is Toronto’s international arts festival dedicated to performance, media and visual arts, and programming that cuts across traditional artform boundaries. The 2018 festival takes place from...
Chucho Valdés will inaugurate Jazz Plaza International Festival 2018 The award-winning Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés will open the XXXIII edition of the International Jazz Plaza 2018...
CD Release At Roulette (Brooklyn, NY) Saturday October 21, Sunday October 22, 2017 For over a decade, trumpeter, composer, bandleader Gabriel Alegria and the Afro-Peruvian Sextet...
As the footprint and influence of Africa appears to expand into Caribbean and American music, even as the world seems to shrink, we find tradition remains...
Arturo O’Farrill & Chucho Valdés Celebrate Family on Collaborative Album, Familia: Tribute to Bebo & Chico Multi-Generational Project Pays Homage to Late Patriarchs Bebo Valdés &...
In The News: Giovanni Russonello interviews Tomas Peña (Editor for Latin Jazz Network and JazzDeLaPena) for the New York Times, regarding the 59th Annual Grammy Awards,...
In Celebration of the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra’s 15th Anniversary Season The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance Presents “Legacies of Jazz: Bebo, Chico, Chucho,’Turo” An Historic Concert...
Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza Cuba Announces Full Lineup for 32nd Annual Jazz Plaza Havana & Inaugural Jazz Plaza Santiago – December 15-18, 2016 Headliners Christian McBride,...
The 17th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards returns to Las Vegas The big event will take place at the T-Mobile Arena on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, and...
You know that you are in the presence of musical royalty when an O’Farrill strikes up the band. Recently that has become more regular, with Arturo...
The year 2015 has seen two monumental musical works where Afro-Caribbean music collides with Jazz: The first is Elio Villafranca’s suite, Cinque which was premiered at...
A decade ago Gabriel Alegría called upon his drummer-friend, Hugo Alcázar, to make a record where the music of the coastal part of Perú – its...