Aguanko's composer, conguero and bandleader Dr. Alberto Nacif first stepped into the worlds of Latin and Afro-Cuban percussion alongside Cuban conga/bongo master Armando Peraza, the pillar of ...

If the music of Aguanko is any indication, Latin jazz is in good shape in Southeastern Michigan. Conguero/composer Alberto Nacif leads a crack band, most of them from the metro Detroit area. Their ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Many music artists are making up for lost time after taking a pause from live music during the COVID-19 pandemic. That's certainly the case for Pavel Polanco-Safadit, a high-energy ...

Earned 10 Grammy Awards in career spanning seven decades Remembered for percussive, dynamic piano style His music blended jazz, salsa, funk and soul sounds Made his musical debut at 11 with Carnegie ...

Steve Alcala, a music teacher and trumpet player, fell in love with Latin Jazz, but very little sheet music was available to help his students learn. So he started a sheet music publishing company.

Each Monday jazz students at Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s Mason Gross School of the Arts get to perfect their work with the help of a musical master. Often, that master is Eddie Palmieri, the ...