PBS

Roots of Latin Jazz

Great Performances: Roots of Latin Jazz is co-directed by Tony Succar and David Rousseau, produced by Tony Succar with Donald H. Thoms as executive producer For VOCES, Luis Ortiz is Managing Director ...
Jazz

Six-time Grammy And Two-time Latin Grammy Winner Arturo O’farrill To Deliver Jazz-Con 2025 Keynote: In The Key Of Influence

I made one rule for myself, and I really try to live it: Play music you love, with people you love, for people you love. If I can't be that kind of musician, I’ll drive a cab. —Arturo O'Farrill, ...
Jazz

Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Arturo O' Farrill & Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra With guests Hamilton de Holanda, Yamandu Costa and Cyro Baptista Town Hall New York, NY June 7, 2024 Backed by the 18-piece Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, ...
NPR

The music of Latin jazz pioneers lives on through sheet music from a small publisher

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.
CNN

Eddie Palmieri, pioneering Latin jazz musician and first Latino to win a Grammy, dies at 88

Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was 88. Fania Records announced Palmieri’s death Wednesday evening. Palmieri’s ...
The New York Times

75 Years Ago, Latin Jazz Was Born. Its Offspring Are Going Strong.

A concert at Town Hall this week that will be led by Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra celebrates the legacies of Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and Chico O’Farrill. By Ed Morales In the ...