Latin Jazz

Browse features on Latin jazz artists, and the NYC jazz scene in jazz clubs, theaters, performing arts centers, city parks, and on the street.

Latin Jazz News

Chris Botti’s 20th Holiday Residency at the Blue Note is a New York Holiday Tradition

BLUE NOTE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇮🇹

Melvis Santa Afro-Cuban Jazz For The Ancestors

BAR LUNÁTICO, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn 🇨🇺
BLUE NOTE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇨🇺

Cuba y Puerto Rico son… Humberto Ramírez 40 and La Lupe Tribute with Michelle “La Brava,” Lena Burke, Mambo Legends Orchestra, y el Bronx Arts Ensemble

Humberto Ramírez, Michelle “La Brava,” Joe Conzo Sr. 🇵🇷
Mambo Legends Orchestra, Bronx Arts Ensemble 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
La Lupe, Lena Burke 🇨🇺

HOSTOS CENTER, Mott Haven, The Bronx

Dayramir González Jazz Piano with Afro-Cuban Soul

QUEENS PUBLIC LIBRARY CENTRAL LIBRARY, Jamaica, Queens 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇺🇾

Eddie Palmieri is a Salsa and Latin Jazz Legend

BLUE NOTE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band Featuring Janis Siegel, Antoinette Montague, & Jennifer Jade Ledesna, Open The Bronx Music Hall

BRONX MUSIC HALL, Melrose, The Bronx 🇺🇸 🇩🇴 🇵🇷

Miguel Zenón Plays His New “Golden City” Jazz Album, a History of San Francisco

MILLER THEATRE, Columbia University, Morningside Heights, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Daymé Arocena, “Cuba’s Finest Young Female Singer,” Joins Sofía Rey for a Night of Folk & Futurism

HOSTOS CENTER, Mott Haven, The Bronx 🇨🇺

Pedrito Martinez is the World’s First-Call Rumbero

BLUE NOTE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇨🇺

Belongó Performs, Teaches, and Preserves Afro Latin Jazz

ROULETTE INTERMEDIUM, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn: Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble, LaTasha Barnes, Soles of Duende 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 🇮🇳 🇪🇸
RIVERBANK STATE PARK, Hamilton Heights / West Harlem, Manhattan: Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra live music, youth workshops, salsa dance lessons 🇨🇺
BIRDLAND, Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan: Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra 🇨🇺

Dafnis Prieto Sí o Sí Quartet Celebrates the Release of “3 Sides of the Coin”

JAZZ GALLERY, NoHo, Manhattan 🇨🇺

Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Play a Free Concert of Latin Jazz for Dancing at Bryant Park

BRYANT PARK, Garment District, Manhattan 🇨🇺

Eliane Elias, the Grammy-winning Brazilian Jazz Pianist, Starts Her “Time and Again Tour”

BIRDLAND, Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan 🇧🇷

Pablo Mayor Folklore Urbano Orchestra Performs Colombian Cumbia, Salsa, and Folkloric for Carnegie Hall’s Family Day

CARNEGIE HALL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇨🇴

Spanish Harlem Orchestra with Oscar Hernández Celebrates Their “Swing Forever” Album Release

THE IRIDIUM, Times Square Theater District, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Edmar Castaneda is the Jimi Hendrix of the Andean Harp

BLUE NOTE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇨🇴

Antonio Sánchez is a Multiple Grammy-winning Mexican Jazz Fusion Drummer and Composer

BLUE NOTE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇲🇽

Gregorio Uribe Celebrates Colombian Independence Day With Vallenato Jazz

DROM, East Village, Manhattan 🇨🇴
COLOMBIAN CONSULATE, Midtown East, Manhattan 🇨🇴

Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) Brings Alt Rock Fusions to NYC

INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL, Times Square, Manhattan
DROM, East Village, Manhattan
CENTRAL PARK, Manhattan
SOBs, Hudson Square, Manhattan
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Brasil Summerfest Brings the Latest Brazilian Music, Film and Dance to New York City

MANHATTAN: David Rubenstein Atrium, Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center | Nublu, East Village
BROOKLYN: Archway, DUMBO | Public Records, Gowanus | Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza
QUEENS: Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria
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Jazz in July is One of Summer’s Hottest New York Jazz Festivals

92ND STREET Y, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇨🇲 🇹🇹

Louis Hayes, NEA Jazz Master Drummer, Plays the SummerStage Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK, East Village, Manhattan 🇺🇸

Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Makes August Hot

MARCUS GARVEY PARK, Harlem 🇺🇸
TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK, East Village 🇺🇸 🇨🇲

Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra is One of New York’s Busiest Latin Jazz Big Bands

THE TOWN HALL, Midtown Manhattan, Blue Note Jazz Festival 🇨🇺 🇧🇷
BIRDLAND, Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan 🇨🇺

Rita Moreno Sings for the Blue Note Jazz Festival

SONY HALL, Times Square Theater District, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Blue Note Jazz Festival Kicks Off Summer in New York City

BLUE NOTE Greenwich Village, Manhattan
BROOKLYN BOWL, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
SUMMERSTAGE Rumsey Playfield, Central Park
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER Columbus Circle, Manhattan
SONY HALL Times Square Theater District, Manhattan
THE TOWN HALL Midtown, Manhattan
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Bernie Williams #51, Former Yankee All-Star, is a Guitar Soloist for Dudamel’s New York Philharmonic Gala

DAVID GEFFEN HALL, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Cécile McLorin Salvant, One of the Great Jazz Singers of Her Generation, Sings at the 92nd Street Y

92ND STREET Y, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇭🇹 🇫🇷

David Virelles Nosotros Ensemble with Dafnis Prieto, Curated by Tania León, Explores the Influence of Afro-Cuban Rhythms on American Music at Carnegie Hall

CARNEGIE HALL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇨🇺 🇨🇺 🇨🇺 🇭🇹

Tito Puente is Still “The King of Latin Music”

HARLEM, Manhattan ~ April 20, 1923 🇵🇷

Leyenda Plays Latin Pop Classics with Bridget Kibbey harp, Samuel Torres percussion, and Louis Arques clarinet; for Carnegie Hall Citywide at Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church

CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE, Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church, Hudson Heights, Manhattan 🇦🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇺🇸

Paquito D’Rivera Plays Classical Latin Jazz with the New Jersey Symphony at New Jersey Performing Arts Center

NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Newark, New Jersey 🇨🇺 ~ 🇦🇷 🇲🇽 🇺🇸

Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans Women in Latin Jazz Festival at Hostos Center

HOSTOS CENTER, Hostos College, Mott Haven, The Bronx 🇳🇮 🇧🇷 🇵🇹

Pete Rodríguez Plays Afro-Cuban Jazz and Puerto Rican Salsa at Pregones/PRTT

PREGONES/PRTT, Concourse, The Bronx 🇨🇺 🇵🇷

Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks Play Vintage Hot Jazz in the Birdland Theater

BIRDLAND THEATER, Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan 🇮🇹

Carlos Henriquez Directs the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in a Journey Through Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Bebop, and Nuyorican Jazz

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER, Columbus Circle, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇵🇷

Astor Piazzolla Renewed Argentine Tango with his Nuevo Tango

MAR DEL PLATA, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina ~ March 11, 1921 🇦🇷

Tomatito Opens the Flamenco Festival New York for the World Music Institute at The Town Hall

THE TOWN HALL, Midtown, Manhattan ~ Multiple Latin Grammy winning Spanish Romani flamenco jazz guitarist. 🇪🇸

Papo Vázquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours Play a Puerto Rican Holiday Jazz Parranda

HOSTOS CENTER, Mott Haven, The Bronx 🇵🇷

Bárbara Martínez Sings and Dances Flamenco at Sala Astoria

SALA ASTORIA, Astoria, Queens 🇦🇷 🇻🇪 🇪🇸

Machito & His Afro-Cubans Defined Cubop Which We Now Call Latin Jazz

HAVANA, Cuba ~ December 3, 1907 🇨🇺

Salute Tito Puente el Mambo Diablo, Celia Cruz, and La Lupe, with Family, Friends, and his Mambo Legends Orchestra, at Hostos Center

HOSTOS CENTER, Mott Haven, The Bronx ~ Go if you love mambo, salsa, and bolero by Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, La Lupe, Vicentico Valdes, Santos Colon, and well you know.

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