NMU professor, Jim’s Music to donate three instruments to Cuban music students
NMU Vocal Music Instructor Rebecca Patterson is bringing two violins and a viola from Jim's Music to Cuba for music students.
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Vincent Hsu and Soy La Ley Afro-Cuban Jazz Band: 'Music for the River Jazz Suite'
Born and bred in Taiwan, Vincent Tsung-Yu Hsu is an award-winning bassist and composer who fuses jazz and Afro-Cuban music with his Taiwanese roots. Hsu was awarded a master’s degree in Jazz ...
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How “Latin Music” Erases The Black Origins of Many Genres
They did it with salsa. They won’t do it to my music. My music is Afro Cuban. And that’s what it is.” When it comes to music defined as “Latin,” the contributions of Black artists often ...
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Pinecrest Gardens hosts tribute to Afro-Cuban singer Celia Cruz for her 100th birthday
Pinecrest Gardens, in collaboration with the Celia Cruz Estate, is set to honor the centennial of Celia Cruz’s birth with a ...
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Dizzy Gillespie y Machito: Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods - Edexcel
Other jazz performers were trying to experiment with music originating from around the world. Charlie Parker (saxophonist) and Machito recorded the Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite album in 1950, and pianist ...
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Get Off the Tourist Track in Havana
The show starts with a performance of the more traditional Afro-Cuban music and dance styles associated with Santeria, and ends with a high-energy rumba that gets foreigners and Cubans alike up ...