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 ...

The African American folk singer and songwriter had decades-long career as a children's entertainer, and made a global impact ...

Artists including Feid, Kany Garcia, Kali Uchis, and Carín León also received four nominations. Barrera, Karol, Shakira, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...