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

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

THE IRIDIUM, Times Square Theater District, Manhattan 🇵🇷

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

CARNEGIE HALL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇨🇴

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

BLUE NOTE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇲🇽

Edmar Castaneda is the Jimi Hendrix of the Andean Harp

BLUE NOTE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇨🇴

Pedrito Martinez Plays Rumba and Timba Infused Jazz

BLUE NOTE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇨🇺

Daymé Arocena, “Cuba’s Finest Young Female Singer,” Sings a Free Jazz Concert for Carnegie Hall Citywide

MADISON SQUARE PARK, Flatiron District, 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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Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band; Featuring Janis Siegel, Antoinette Montague, Jennifer Jade Ledesna, and the Danza Fiesta Dancers Honor Puerto Rico’s Greatest Composers

HOSTOS CENTER, Mott Haven, The Bronx 🇵🇷 🇺🇸

Jazz in July is One of Summer’s Hottest New York Jazz Festivals

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

Melvis Santa & Jazz Orishas, Afro-Cuban Jazz For The Ancestors

CLEMENT’S PLACE, Newark, New Jersey 🇨🇺
TADPOLE, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn 🇨🇺
TERRAZA 7, Elmhurst, Queens 🇨🇺

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 🇺🇸 🇨🇲

Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Play the Blue Note Jazz Festival

THE TOWN HALL, Midtown, Manhattan ~ Blue Note Jazz Festival 🇨🇺

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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Dafnis Prieto Joins David Virelles in Exploring the Influence of Afro-Cuban Rhythms on American Music at Carnegie Hall

CARNEGIE HALL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇨🇺

Bernie Williams #51, Former Yankee All-Star, is a Guitar Soloist for Dudamel’s New York Philharmonic Gala

DAVID GEFFEN HALL, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Miguel Zenón Plays Multicultural Jazz in the Dan Weiss Even Odds Trio at The Jazz Gallery

JAZZ GALLERY, NoHo, Manhattan ~ Dan Weiss Even Odds trio 🇵🇷 🇺🇸

VILLAGE VANGUARD, Greenwich Village, Manhattan ~ Miguel Zenón Quartet 🇵🇷

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 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇵🇷

Eddie Palmieri Plays a Spring Residency of Latin Jazz at the Blue Note New York

BLUE NOTE NEW YORK in Greenwich Village ~ The New York Puerto Rican NEA Jazz Master and 9-time Grammy winner keeps playing Latin jazz and salsa. 🇵🇷

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. 🇪🇸

Dayramir Gonzalez Plays the Art of Cuban Piano at Ideal Glass Atrium

IDEAL GLASS STUDIOS, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇨🇺

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 🇨🇺

Chris Botti’s 19th Jazz Holiday Residency at the Blue Note is a New York Holiday Tradition

BLUE NOTE NEW YORK in Greenwich Village, Manhattan ~ One of America’s most popular instrumentalists plays through the holidays. 🇮🇹

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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