In mid-December, most of Arturo O’Farrill’s 19-piece Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra lined the aisles ... 2023 and who hired him to tour with her big band as pianist while he was still a teenager.

Danylo Vinarikov is a Ukrainian jazz saxophonist, pianist and leader of the Ukrainian jazz band Danylo Vinarikov Ensemble (before ... A danceable cocktail of Afro-Caribbean-cum-Latin rhythms, ...

Igmar Thomas’ ensemble bridges eras of Black American music with the soul-stirring project, ‘Like A Tree It Grows.’ ...

Jazz Ensemble II comprises both jazz and non-jazz majors who perform a wide selection of repertoire for big band. Students develop their mastery ... forms of Latin music are surveyed, including Afro ...

Estefan performs at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Miami for its second year as part of Sunday night’s Afro-Cuban event ... led by Jon Batiste and his band Stay Human. Emily Estefan says ...

Gillespie and Machito Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods The elements of music to consider Performing and composing ideas The impact of Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods ...

But, for example, at church I could not wear my hair as I do today; to have an Afro hairstyle wasn’t cool." His brand of jazz is heavily influenced by Brazilian rhythms - but not the samba and ...

Other jazz performers were trying to experiment with music originating from around the world. Charlie Parker (saxophonist) and Machito recorded the Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite album in 1950, and pianist ...