Tag: New York
Dafnis Prieto To Make Historic Return To Cuba in 2019
Continuing Banner Year in 2018/19, Dafnis Prieto Big Band Earns Grammy Nomination
2018/19 is shaping up to be an extraordinary year for Cuban-born drummer, composer,...
Jazz Congress 2019 – January 7-8, 2019
Exchanging ideas to nurture and grow the jazz community
Jazz at Lincoln Center and JazzTimes have joined forces to co-produce the Jazz Congress, an annual...
globalFEST 2019 festival returns to Copacabana Times Square
Jumpstarting the Conversation: global musical perspectives reverberate at globalFEST 2019
The showcase festival of global artists returns for...
Carlos Henriquez: The South Bronx Story (World Premiere)
New York, NY (October 10, 2018) – Jazz at Lincoln Center announces Carlos Henriquez: The South Bronx Story, a world premiere concert by Jazz...
Artist Profile: Carlos Henriquez
Carlos Henriquez was born in 1979 in the Bronx, New York. He studied music at a young age, played guitar through junior high school and...
Artist Profile: Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
The GRAMMY-award winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), led by pianist, composer, and director Arturo O’Farrill, brings together the drama of big band jazz,...
Eddie Palmieri Releases New Album: Full Circle
A titan of Latin Jazz and Salsa music, Eddie Palmieri - known as “El Maestro” - is still making musical history. The multi-Grammy Award winning...
Artist Profile: Eddie Palmieri
Known as one of the finest pianists of the past 60 years, Eddie Palmieri is a bandleader, arranger and composer of salsa and Latin...
Artist Profile: Pedro Giraudo
Originally from Córdoba Argentina, Pedro Giraudo moved to New York City in 1996. Since then he has become a highly versatile bassist, composer and...
Artist Profile: Bill O’Connell
After a 40-year long career that has seen him excel as a leader, soloist, arranger, musical director, and accompanist for some of the most...
Introducing Orquesta Akokán – From New York To Havana
Straight out of Havana, Cuba comes Orquesta Akokán - a blazing presentation of deeply soulful mambo reminiscent of Benny Moré and banda gigante of...
Artist Profile: Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Spanish Harlem Orchestra, the two-time Grammy winning Salsa and Latin Jazz band, sets the standard for excellence for authentic, New York style, hard core...
Dongfeng Liu to Release “China Caribe” on Zoho Music
Rare is the occasion when an artist arrives on the scene who fundamentally reawakens your understanding not just of music but world history, common...
Artist Profile: Dafnis Prieto
Dafnis Prieto hails from Santa Clara, Cuba. His revolutionary drumming techniques and compositions have had a powerful impact on the Latin and Jazz music...
Artist Profile: Steven Kroon
Percussionist, Composer and Arranger Steven Kroon was born in Spanish Harlem to parents who had moved to New York City from their native Puerto...
Luis “Perico” Ortiz A Musical Journey: Hasta Siempre – At Lehman Center
“Hasta Siempre” is a celebration of Luis "Perico" Ortiz 55th Anniversary of his unbelievable music career that made him a legendary musician, educator, producer,...
Eddie Palmieri & his Latin Jazz Septet Come to Toronto, Canada
Eddie Palmieri & His Latin Jazz Septet Present: Eddie at 80
WHEN: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 01, 2017 AT 8:00 pm
WHERE: FLATO MARKHAM THEATRE
ADDRESS: 171 TOWN CENTRE...
The Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet celebrates “Diablo en Brooklyn”
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...
Eddie Palmieri Celebrates 80th Birthday
Jazz at Lincoln Center - Rose Theater, March 3-4, 8pm
New York, NY – Eddie Palmieri, NEA Jazz Master and nine-time Grammy Award winner, celebrates...
Gregorio Uribe Big Band “Cumbia Universal” Ft. Rubén Blades
Big band leader, singer and accordionist Gregorio Uribe was born in Colombia, studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston and is now based...
