Jews savor rice, beans and other Cuban staples for Sabbath dinner. Santeria devotees immerse the senses as they dance and slap drums in a museum filled with statues paying homage to their Afro ...

She also, as a young person, as a young adult, got very interested in Latin music, particularly Afro-Cuban music. Her first ...

They are traditionally made of hardwood and accompany the acoustic guitar. Bongo drums are an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of two drums which are held between the knees and played ...

Kenny Dorham: trumpet. Jay Jay Johnson: trombone (1-5). Hank Mobley: tenor sax. Cecil Payne: baritone sax. Horace Silver: piano. Percy Heath (6-9), Oscar Pettiford (1 ...

Gillespie and Machito Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods The elements of music to consider Performing and composing ideas The impact of Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods ...

The multiple Grammy-nominee fuses a wide range of jazz, world music and electronic elements with his native Afro-Cuban roots.

Sheila E. is a portrait of motion. Not just the movement of her body as one of the world’s most recognized drummers, but also as a versatile musician who glides easily from genre to genre with the ...

Afro-Cuban music has its roots clearly defined ... with their religion and system of batá dances and drums. Part of the authenticity of a nation lies in the culture it treasures.

Unlike in North America, where drumming was often banned in slave ... is the same lesson it can teach adults: the richness of Afro-Cuban culture. In Cuba one quickly sees that there are other ...

As Afro-Cuban rebel leader Antonio Maceo gained popularity among Cuban blacks, many Cuban white nationalists worried about the consequences of a racial rebellion and socio-economic revolution.

Tickets to the capital’s biggest annual music event running 15-24 November are selling fast. Headliners include Jamie Cullum, ...