Pedrito Martinez is a Grammy-nominated Cuban rumba and timba drummer and singer. He is the world's 1st-call rumbero, and a true force of nature. In Yoruba tradition, he is Changó, the master of the drum, inventor of the sacred bata. Pedrito Martinez News Pedrito Martinez backs Cimafunk & La Tribu, featuring Chucho Valdés; at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village; … [Read more...] about Pedrito Martinez Backs Cimafunk & La Tribu, Featuring Chucho Valdés, at the Blue Note
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Cimafunk, “the James Brown of Cuba,” Plays Timba Backed by Chucho Valdés and Pedrito Martinez at the Blue Note
Cimafunk, Erick Iglesias Rodríguez, is a former medical student whose solid beats and infectious stage presence gets everybody dancing. He was the hottest singer in Cuba in 2019. News Cimafunk & La Tribu, featuring Chucho Valdés and Pedrito Martinez; plays Cuban timba at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village; Thursday-Sunday, September 28 - October 1, 2023, at 8 and … [Read more...] about Cimafunk, “the James Brown of Cuba,” Plays Timba Backed by Chucho Valdés and Pedrito Martinez at the Blue Note
The Pablo Mayor Folklore Urbano Orchestra Plays Colombian Salsa for Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage
Harlem Stage celebrates their 40th anniversary season with the launch of the "Uptown Nights Latin Music Series." Kicking off the series on Friday, September 22, is Pablo Mayor’s Folklore Urbano Orchestra. Get ready for an evening of music and dancing! Choreographer, dancer, and Harlem Stage commissioned artist, Daniel Fetecua, will teach a pre-concert salsa, cumbia, and … [Read more...] about The Pablo Mayor Folklore Urbano Orchestra Plays Colombian Salsa for Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage
Yasser Tejeda Grows Danceable Latin Alternative From Dominican Folk Roots
Yasser Tejeda in New York City Dominican alternative singer-songwriter Yasser Tejeda plays a special Uptown Nights Latin Music Series show for Harlem Stage, the World Music Institute and Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI). New York Haitian DJ Sabine Blaizin (Oyasound) keeps the room moving with a little Afro-Everything before and after the show at … [Read more...] about Yasser Tejeda Grows Danceable Latin Alternative From Dominican Folk Roots
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Keep the Latin Big Band Format Alive
Arturo O'Farrill is a multi-Grammy winning, Mexican-born, New York Cuban jazz pianist, composer, and leader. He seems to win a Grammy almost every year. O'Farrill is one of the padrinos (godfathers) of Latin jazz and Latin music in New York City. He mentors artists and is very active in developing the next generation and giving back to the community. He also composes and … [Read more...] about Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Keep the Latin Big Band Format Alive
Blue Note Jazz Festival 2023 Brings Latin Jazz Legends to NYC
The Blue Note Jazz Festival 2023 brings jazz, Latin, soul, hip-hop, R&B and funk to the Blue Note, Sony Hall, The Town Hall, Beacon Theatre, Hammerstein Ballroom, SummerStage and BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn; from May 31 - July 2, 2023. This is one of New York City's big jazz festivals. It's not just about straight-ahead jazz. Jazz, like most American popular music derives … [Read more...] about Blue Note Jazz Festival 2023 Brings Latin Jazz Legends to NYC
ACO SONiC Festival with Miguel Zenón and Angélica Negrón Creates Avant-Garde Puerto Rican Classical Music at Hostos
The ACO SONiC Festival with Miguel Zenón & Angélica Negrón creates new Latin classical music with the American Composers Orchestra featuring Ahmed Alom, Raquel Acevedo Klein, Victor Pablo, Darian Thomas; in the Repertory Theater at Hostos Center; on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 4pm. From $25. Student ID ($5). hostos.cuny.org 🇵🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 This show is a primer on some of the … [Read more...] about ACO SONiC Festival with Miguel Zenón and Angélica Negrón Creates Avant-Garde Puerto Rican Classical Music at Hostos
Miguel Zenón Curates the American Composers Orchestra SONiC Festival
Miguel Zenón News Miguel Zenón & Angélica Negrón curate the American Composers Orchestra SONiC Festival with new Latin classical music featuring Ahmed Alom, Raquel Acevedo Klein, Victor Pablo, Darian Thomas; in the Repertory Theater at Hostos Center; on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 4pm. From $25. Student ID ($5). hostos.cuny.org 🇵🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 Miguel Zenón is a Multiple … [Read more...] about Miguel Zenón Curates the American Composers Orchestra SONiC Festival
Dance Parade NYC 2023 DanceFest Gets over 10,000 New Yorkers Dancing in the Streets
The 17th Dance Parade NYC 2023 is dancing in the streets with over 100 styles of dance, from Sixth Avenue at 17th St in Chelsea, to the DanceFest at Tompkins Square Park in the East Village; on Saturday, May 20, 2023 starting at 11:45am. FREE! 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇹🇹 Dance Parade NYC 2023 Parade Route The parade starts on Sixth Avenue this year. It is … [Read more...] about Dance Parade NYC 2023 DanceFest Gets over 10,000 New Yorkers Dancing in the Streets
Spanish Harlem Orchestra with Oscar Hernández plays the Ballet Hispánico Legacy Gala Honoring The Miranda Family
The Spanish Harlem Orchestra (SHO) plays New York salsa for dancing in the style of the 1970s Salsa Golden Age. Almost every song on their albums is great and danceable from beginning to end. Put on the record and let the party begin. A Spanish Harlem Orchestra party no paré. As salsa dancers in Puerto Rico, they are one of our favorite salsa bands. It also should be said … [Read more...] about Spanish Harlem Orchestra with Oscar Hernández plays the Ballet Hispánico Legacy Gala Honoring The Miranda Family
Nation Beat Plays Brazilian Maracatu Forró Funk Jazz Fusion at Flushing Town Hall
Nation Beat is a New York Brazilian maracatu, forró, funk, jazz band. ¡Legal! (cool), But What is That? Let's break that down. It all works together because it's all African Diaspora music. Nation Beat in New York City Nation Beat plays it's unique maracatu, forró, funk, jazz fusion at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens; on Saturday, May 13, 2023. … [Read more...] about Nation Beat Plays Brazilian Maracatu Forró Funk Jazz Fusion at Flushing Town Hall
Remember Louis Moreau Gottschalk, the First Composer to Notate the Rhythms of Congo Square
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) was the first internationally recognized American pianist. He was also the first classical composer to notate the rhythms of Congo Square and other Latin rhythms on his travels through Latin America. He died in Brazil. Louis Moreau Gottshalk was a Son of New Orleans Gottschalk was born in New Orleans on May 8, 1829 to an Jewish … [Read more...] about Remember Louis Moreau Gottschalk, the First Composer to Notate the Rhythms of Congo Square
Banda Iroko Will Make You Want to Dance Like You’re Madly in Love
Banda Iroko is a collaboration between Israeli bassist Avishai Cohen and Nuyorican conguero-vocalist Abraham Rodriguez Jr. This is Jerusalem meets Loisaida (Lower East Side). Our point of view is that there is nothing better than when someone from one culture fully understands someone from another culture. That's what happens in both directions with these two artists. They … [Read more...] about Banda Iroko Will Make You Want to Dance Like You’re Madly in Love
Louis Hayes, a Chief Architect of Modern Jazz Drumming, Celebrates His NEA Jazz Master Award & New Album
Jazz Times called Louis Hayes, “one of the chief architects of modern jazz drumming.” He came up in Detroit playing with artists like Yusef Lateef and Kenny Burrell. In New York, Hayes joined Horace Silver’s band when he was still a kid and went on to play with many legends. Now Hayes is himself a legend, a 2023 NEA Jazz Master. Louis Hayes in New York … [Read more...] about Louis Hayes, a Chief Architect of Modern Jazz Drumming, Celebrates His NEA Jazz Master Award & New Album
Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita with Gustavo Ovalles Revisit “Suba” and the Connections Between Cuba and Mother Africa
Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita, with Gustavo Ovalles, bring Cuba and Mother Africa back together in "Suba" which means "sunrise" in Mandinka. From Cuba, Africa is where the sun rises. By coming together in our roots, this group makes the most ethereal music. It's not what we call "soul music" in the United States, but it is soul music by every other definition. We've been … [Read more...] about Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita with Gustavo Ovalles Revisit “Suba” and the Connections Between Cuba and Mother Africa
CCCADI Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute Teaches African Culture
The CCCADI (Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute) in “El Barrio” East Harlem, promotes and preserves the culture of the African Diaspora. CCCADI is a small organization, led by women, that is very well connected with NYC’s government and leading cultural institutions. It is training the next generation of cultural leaders. Melody Capote is Executive … [Read more...] about CCCADI Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute Teaches African Culture
Xiomara Fortuna, the Queen of Afro-Caribbean Fusion, Plays Hostos Center
Dominican singer-songwriter Xiomara Fortuna, The Queen of Afro-Caribbean Fusion, showcases her latest album “Etaquetúves” (It is what you see), at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx, on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at 8pm. $20. hostos.cuny.edu 🇩🇴 By "lo ko-Ki, ko Keith" Widyolar SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROS, Dominican Republic, March 30, 2023 ~ Xiomara Fortuna is an … [Read more...] about Xiomara Fortuna, the Queen of Afro-Caribbean Fusion, Plays Hostos Center
Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans Bring the Women in Latin Jazz Festival to Hostos Center
Annette A. Aguilar is a San Francisco Nicaraguan jazz and rock drummer, percussionist, bandleader, producer, and educator based in New York City. She founded the Women in Latin Jazz Festival and is a U.S. State Department Latin Jazz Ambassador. StringBeans is Aguilar's ten-piece ensemble. It has been playing Latin and Brazilian jazz for 30 years in 2022. The band is … [Read more...] about Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans Bring the Women in Latin Jazz Festival to Hostos Center
Villalobos Brothers Play Their Unique Blend of Mexican Folk, Jazz, Classical at Pregones/PRTT
The Villalobos Brothers make high-energy classical pop with a world of musical influences from a base of Mexican tradition with social consciousness in the mix. The Villalobos Brothers play their unique blend of Regional Mexican folk, jazz and classical; at Pregones/PRTT in Concourse, The Bronx; on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 7pm. From $18+fees, $10 to stream. 🇲🇽 The … [Read more...] about Villalobos Brothers Play Their Unique Blend of Mexican Folk, Jazz, Classical at Pregones/PRTT
Remember Astor Piazzolla and Nuevo Tango Jazz
Astor Piazzolla was an Argentine bandoneon player and composer who transformed traditional Argentine tango into a fusion of tango, classical music and jazz that he called "tango nuevo" (new tango). The seeds of tango nuevo were planted in New York City and nursed in Buenos Aires and Paris. Piazzolla wrote 'Adios Nonino' as an homage to his grandfather. In it you can … [Read more...] about Remember Astor Piazzolla and Nuevo Tango Jazz
Robert Browning Associates is a Pioneering Global Music Producer
Robert Browning Associates is a pioneering global music (world music) producer of music and dance from the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Robert and Helene Browning are the lead producers. It's home stage is Roulette Intermedium in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Thank you for sponsoring Latin music and dance at New York Latin Culture Magazine. We are … [Read more...] about Robert Browning Associates is a Pioneering Global Music Producer
Eliane Elias, “2022 Best Latin Jazz Album” Grammy & Latin Grammy Winner Opens Her 2023 Tour at Birdland
Eliane Elias is a Grammy- and Latin-Grammy-winning Brazilian jazz pianist and singer. Eliane Elias News 2022 "Best Latin Jazz Album" Grammy and Latin Grammy winner Eliane Elias opens her 2023 tour at Birdland in Hell's Kitchen; Tuesday-Saturday, March 28 - April 1, 2023. From $36. 🇧🇷 Elias was born into Brazilian Bossa Nova Elias was born in São Paulo, Brazil in … [Read more...] about Eliane Elias, “2022 Best Latin Jazz Album” Grammy & Latin Grammy Winner Opens Her 2023 Tour at Birdland
Bárbara Martínez Flamenco is at Sala Astoria
Bárbara Martínez News Bárbara Martínez sings and dances Spanish flamenco tablao for Flamenco Tuesdays; at Sala Astoria, a Spanish tapas bar in Astoria, Queens; on Tuesdays through March 21, from 7-9pm. 🇪🇸🇦🇷🇻🇪 Bárbara Martínez joins the New Andalucia Ensemble for Spanish flamenco at the Bronx Music Heritage Center in Longwood, The Bronx; on April 22, 2023 at 3pm. … [Read more...] about Bárbara Martínez Flamenco is at Sala Astoria
Fleur Seule Plays Latin Jazz at the Hard Rock Hotel
Fleur Seule is a retro jazz band and salsa band led by Allyson Briggs, "The Glamour Girl of Jazz," and "La Rubia de la Salsa." (The Blonde of the Salsa). She is a talented multilingual cabaret singer. Fleur Seule is a Trip Back to the 1940s The band plays jazz, swing, ballroom and salsa in a presentation that channels 1940s glamour. The band's name is French for "lonely … [Read more...] about Fleur Seule Plays Latin Jazz at the Hard Rock Hotel
Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks Play Hot Jazz in the Birdland Theater
Vince Giordano is a hot jazz specialist. That's vintage jazz of the 1920s and 1930s. Vince Giordano Giordano is a bandleader, historian, and collector who is the leading American specialist on Jazz Age music of the 1920s, 30s and 40s. He's an Italian American Grammy award-winner. Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks Orchestra have provided the music for many film … [Read more...] about Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks Play Hot Jazz in the Birdland Theater
Pedro Giraudo Plays Argentine Tango on Valentines Day at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
PedroGiraudo.comTwitter @pedrogiraudoFacebook @pedrogiraudojazzInstagram @giraudo_pedro New York Argentine tango jazz music 🇦🇷 … [Read more...] about Pedro Giraudo Plays Argentine Tango on Valentines Day at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Happy Birthday Lady Gaga!
Lady Gaga is an Italian + French-Canadian New Yorker with downtown performance artist style who makes extremely danceable pop records. She is one of the biggest pop stars of the last decade, an LGBT icon, and a major touring force. Gaga has the ability to be outrageous one moment and mainstream the next, with equal mastery and joy. Singing for the Biden~Harris … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Lady Gaga!
Tito Puente is Still “The King of Latin Music”
Tito Puente (1923-2000), "El Rey de los Timbales" or "The King of Latin Music," was a New York Puerto Rican whose career as a timbales player, songwriter and record producer spanned the formative eras of both Latin Jazz and Salsa. Puente, of Puerto Rican descent, was known for sounding very Cuban. Take It to the Bridge Puente means "bridge" in Spanish and he really was a … [Read more...] about Tito Puente is Still “The King of Latin Music”
Paquito D’Rivera Joins the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for Elio Villafranca’s “Tres Aguas” & Edmar Castaneda’s “Music & Colombia”
Paquito D'Rivera is a 14 Grammy winning jazz and classical music legend. The Cuban-born clarinet, saxophone, flute player, composer, and band leader plays one of the happiest horns you may ever hear. Paquito was a founding member of Irakere (1973), the Cuban jazz band that mixed bebop with rock and Cuban folk. Irakere was an important step in the transition from Cuban son … [Read more...] about Paquito D’Rivera Joins the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for Elio Villafranca’s “Tres Aguas” & Edmar Castaneda’s “Music & Colombia”
Remember Antônio Carlos Jobim and The Girl From Ipanema!
Remember Antônio Carlos Jobim, one of the principle founders of bossa nova, who was born in Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 25, 1927. 🇧🇷 "Tom" Jobim is one of the primary artists behind the blending of samba and jazz which we call bossa nova. He uses the most beautiful jazz chords. Study Jobim and you'll not only learn bossa nova, you'll learn jazz. This brings … [Read more...] about Remember Antônio Carlos Jobim and The Girl From Ipanema!