California-based collective, The Latin Dead have shared its spin on a Grateful Dead fan favorite. The ensemble, which is known for infusing their covers of the fabled San Francisco jamband with Latin ...

Presenting his fifth album as leader, Puerto Rican jazz guitarist Richard Peña unveils The Latin Side of Jazz Guitar, continuing his personal exploration of Afro-Caribbean rhythms, leading a quintet ...

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.

The jazz ensemble program features two big bands and multiple small ensembles, each directed or coached by our jazz faculty. The ensembles cover a range of styles, including bebop, Latin-jazz, free ...

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 ...

In 2007, the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra left Jazz at Lincoln Center, and moved to Symphony Space to pursue its own educational and performance opportunities. To that end, the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – UMass jazz trombone faculty member Ben Barnett has secured his second career Grammy nomination, recognized in the Best Latin Jazz category as a member of The Afro Latin Jazz ...