Originally from the US Midwest and with Swedish ancestry on his father’s side, jazz vibraphonist Cal Tjader was the unlikeliest of Latin music stars. He began his career in the 1940s as a ...

Also featured is Eddie Palmieri who was famous for incorporating jazz influences into the Latin music crazes of the sixties. We get some idea of this with Guajira Dubois, actually from a project ...

Sofrito, the 1976 album by Latin jazz great Mongo Santamaría, is to be reissued in a remastered vinyl edition on May 13 by Craft Latino, the Latin repertoire arm of Craft Recordings. This ...

January 1, 2025 Dred Scott January 1, 2025 • WUCF's January artist for 'In the Key of Latin Jazz' is Dred Scott - a multi-instrumentalist who has cut his teeth on both coasts. Referred to as the ...

Latin music, with its vibrant rhythms and infectious energy, also made its way into Indian music, primarily through Bollywood. The cha-cha-cha, rumba, samba, and bossa nova rhythms became popular ...

Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras gives his co-host Anamaria Sayre a primer on Latin jazz. She returns the favor with a new track from Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso (of Tiny Desk fame) and a Mexican ...