Latin jazz on the West Coast has a different feel than Latin from Manhattan because players on the West Coast come from more diverse backgrounds than the very traditional, predominantly Cuban/Puerto ...

Latin jazz — it’s a term that describes a unique cultural phenomenon and movement in the world of music, where concepts such as identity, language, and marketing come into play. Melodic fluidity, ...

Well-informed historians and critics have stated that they believe jazz is America's only art form or its most important art form. Obviously, to music scholars and experts, most pop music derives from ...

Ever since I heard the Argentine saxophonist Gato Barbieri back in the Seventies, I've been fascinated by musicians from South America who found their way to jazz. Lately there seems to be a strong ...