In a recent episode of Latino 54, host Franco Silva sat down with Angel Rafael “Papo” Vázquez, a trombonist, composer, arranger, and bandleader whose career spans decades and genres. This ...

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.

Eddie Palmieri, the virtuoso keyboardist and visionary bandleader who helped define and then expanded the aesthetic parameters of the salsa genre, has died at the age of 88. His death was confirmed by ...

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 ...

On a Wednesday night in Dinkelspiel Auditorium, four vocalists rehearse an arrangement of Cuban singer Celia Cruz, accompanied by a pianist to their right. Through these weekly rehearsals, Stanford ...

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 ...

He roped salsa into conversation with jazz, rock, funk and even modern classical music. “A new world music,” one critic said, “is being born.” Eddie Palmieri in performance in the early 1960s. From ...

Eddie Palmieri, La Perfecta during The 26th Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival - Day 2 at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (Photo by R. Diamond/WireImage) The world lost a giant of music.

MILWAUKEE - Mitchell Shiner Latin Vibes presents: LATKES CON SALSA: A Latin Jazz Hanukkah! Latkes con Salsa is a project that spins a new groove to Hanukkah songs, celebrating the music of the ...

There was quiet chatter in Buskirk-Chumley Theatre. Most of the seats on both levels of the theatre were filled. The stage was littered with chairs and instruments, both waiting for their companions.