Ensemble Arts Philly presents the dynamic and legendary ensemble band, Afro-Cuban All Stars, at the Miller Theater on Oct. 19. The Afro-Cuban All Stars, led by Juan de Marcos, are known for their ...

By the 1950s and ’60s, jazz had become a global art form. American musicians toured widely, sometimes as part of U.S. State ...

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Cuban pianist, composer, and arranger Zahili Zamora shares music that celebrates her background. Pianist and vocalist Zahili Gonzalez Zamora, electric bassist and vocalist Gerson Lazo-Quiroga, drummer ...

Cuban musicians have been dispersed around the world for more than half a century while seeking freedom and opportunity, but the family-like ties binding them together endure. Those ties and brilliant ...

Pianist, composer, bandleader Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva, known to jazz fans the world over as Horace Silver is known for his distinctive humorous and funky playing style and for his pioneering ...

Starting in July, Oh! Jazz adds a window to Afro-Cuban rhythms and the vast talent of Cuban performers in collaboration with the awarded art center Fabrica de Arte Cubano. Fábrica de Arte Cubano (FAC) ...

If the ground trembles a bit around the Adrienne Arsht Center on Friday, February 9, don’t blame the State Road 836 construction project down the street. With an as-of-now sold-out house and a trio of ...

Born in Mexico and based in La Jolla, the veteran pianist is making up for lost time after being unable to perform for audiences during the pandemic shutdown.

Students filed into the Harold B. Lees Library's Reynolds Auditorium to experience Afro-Cuban culture and jazz. For decades, this style of music has formed the basis of Latin jazz in the United States ...

Cimafunk hasn’t been shy about throwing big, energetic shows or bringing on stage heavyweight guest performers like funk godfather George Clinton. But CimaFest NOLA is tying together a lot of things ...

Last year’s CimaFest NOLA was a chance for Cimafunk to tie together a lot of his life and work. He had recently made New Orleans a new homebase, and he along with his band La Tribu and a stage full of ...