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

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 ...

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 ...

composer and arranger Chucho Valdés is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz, as well as a Detroit favorite ...

Cuban jazz singer Daymé Arocena smiles during an interview in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Riding on the heels of ...

Explosive Salsa, Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban and Afro-Caribbean music from the classics to the latest. Hosted by Luis Medina.

A Hartford, Connecticut, native has been nominated for a Grammy award in the Latin Jazz category. Zaccai Curtis's album ...