Latin Jazz News

 
New York Times
Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band at the Blue Note
New York Times
Latin jazz at its best enacts a kind of diplomacy, a dialogue between two separate but related parties. The trumpeter and conguero Jerry Gonzalez has long been an emissary in the field, equally fluent in hard bop and the music of the Afro-Caribbean ...

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Music: Stanford Afro-Latin Jazz
Palo Alto Online
The Stanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble directed by Murray Low presents its spring concert featuring guest artist Doug Beavers on trombone. The program will include several of Mr. Beaver's arrangements, written especially for this performance.


 
San Francisco Examiner
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quartet meets the Francis Wong Special Edition ...
San Francisco Examiner
Two jazz quartets: The Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quartet meets the Francis Wong Special Edition Quartet in “4x4,” a special concert for one night only at the African American Art and Culture Complex. Comedian Nick Griffin performs at the Punch Line.


 
Tickets Still Available for Medfield Jazz Night Featuring Grammy-Nominated ...
Patch.com
Herwig's album “The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter” was his most recent Grammy nomination for “Best Latin Jazz Album,” and was also named by jazz critics as one of the best albums of 2008. Joining the stage with Herwig will be the award-winning Medfield ...

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Piano festival turns to jazz, with brilliant work from Danilo Perez
Chicago Tribune
For jazz piano lovers, it was a feast: three pianists, two sets and uncounted fistfuls of notes ringing out from the stage of Orchestra Hall. Though the launch of the jazz portion of Symphony Center's "Keys to the City" Piano Festival on Friday night ...


 
Weekend Top 10: John Santos brings Latin Jazz to Oakland.
San Jose Mercury News
By Randy McMullen D. ROSS CAMERLON/STAFF ARCHIVES Latin jazz percussionist and bandleader John Santos brings his sextet to the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland Sunday. 1 JOHN SANTOS: The great Bay Area Latin jazz percussionist and bandleader brings his ...

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Eurweb.com
Ladies and Gentlemen … Put Your Hands Together For … Sheila E!
Eurweb.com
It's part of the foundation of who I am as an artist, growing up listening to Latin jazz because of my Dad. It's just an incredible place to be and I'm just honored and thrilled to be a part of it for so many years.” Part of the reason why Sheila has ...