Latin-Jazz artists and groups

Step out of your seat and onto the dance floor! Mix, mingle and dance the night away at this special event that kicks off a weekend of sizzling Latin jazz at NJPAC.

There's a little bit of most types of music on the new release list starting with Latin pop/rock by ex-Soda Stereo lead Gustavo Cerati. Then, stay tuned for some cool Brazilian sounds courtesy of Bebel Gilberto, Latin jazz from Poncho Sanchez, reggaeton from pioneer Vico C and a sizzling salsa disc from Moncho Rivera. In fact, looking at the eight albums I selected for this list, I couldn't help but think that if I picked one track from each, it would make an excellent new playlist for this fall. * Album cover courtesy Sony

Poncho SA nchez, a giant on the Latin jazz scene, has developed into something of an elder statesman on that scene, and this is his 24th album for the Concord label.

Creole Restaurant and Music Supper Club continues to invigorate the Harlem Jazz scene with its Latin Jazz Legacy Series featuring TRIBUTE TO RAY BARRETTO Friday, August 22nd and Saturday, August 23rd, Showtimes 8:00pm and 10:00pm at Creole, 2167 Third Avenue, Corner of 118th Street, NY, NY 10035.

She grew up in Chile enamored with jazz, but not knowing what it was called. Now that she's a jazz singer in New York, she's embraced her native traditions more than ever. Her modern, pan-Latin jazz vocals highlight Newport's Marsalis Music showcase.

He was 16 when he debuted with the National Symphony Orchestra in his native Dominican Republic. Nearly four decades later, he's become a vibrant, virtuosic Latin jazz pianist. He presents his trio, a group swimming in modern tropical stylings, in concert.

The long-running salsa/Latin jazz outfit Tipica '73 originally formed in New York during 1972, drawing inspiration by the likes of Tito Puente, Arsenio Rodriguez, and Machito.

Trombonist Luis Bonilla's new album, I Talking Now! (Planet Arts), is available as of today, Monday, August 3rd, 2009. With this album, Bonilla takes on a tone more aggressive and raw than that heard on his previous recordings. The album features pianist Arturro O'Farrill and saxophonist Ivan Renta, who have worked alongside Bonilla in O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, as well as bassist Andy McKee and drummer John Riley. Read the review by James Hall. Image Courtesy of Planet Arts Records

Much of today's best Latin jazz embraces old traditions to create something new. NPR Producer Felix Contreras spotlights five female singers whose sounds borrow equally from Latin music and jazz.

The Knoxville Museum of Art's Alive After Five concert series presents Rolando Matias & the Afro-Rican Ensemble on Friday, July 31, 2009, from 5:30-8:00 pm.

LATIN JAZZ SENSATION, LOUIE CRUZ BELTRAN, SET TO PERFORM AT The Historic 16th Annual Oxnard Salsa Festival Writer Tuesday, July 7, 2009 Louie Cruz Beltran The 16th Annual Oxnard Salsa Festival , July 25 & 26, 2009 in Oxnard, California welcomes Southern California's hottest Salsa and Latin Jazz bands including percussionist, Louie Cruz Beltran.

July 5, 2009: Los Gringos Salsa / Latin Jazz of Toledo, Ohio was first formed in November 2006 and is dedicated to performing the Latin American music traditions of Tito Puente , Marvin Santiago , Frankie Ruiz , Eddie Palmieri, and other great ' Latin Kings .' The name, Los Gringos , came about as a result of a realization-far North Americans ...

Most Latin Jazz listeners would agree that drums and percussion sit at the heart of the style; yet, different people could offer several reasons why the drums stay so closely connected to the style.

Lifetime Vallejoan Julie Brand brings her Latin beat to the Empress Theatre. Even non-smokers may get the urge to light up a good Cuban cigar at the Empress Theatre on June 26.

Arturo O'Farrill and the Grammy-winning Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra return to Symphony Space for the Make Music NY Festival /Symphony Space Block Party on June 21st, 2009 Showtime: 1PM to 3 PM.

Want a great conversation-starter with a fan of Latin jazz? Ask, "What's your favorite pairing of conga and timbales?" Many long-standing percussion duos display seemingly telepathic interplay ? the intensity of a runaway train mixed with the kind of swing that makes hips move by themselves. Picking five was a chore, but here they are.

On May 24th 2009 Turiya Mareya continues the weekly Women's Latin Jazz Showcase with Susana Abreu Susana Abreu's singing career began in Caracas, Venezuela, at the age of 13.

The Argentinian bassist and composer Pedro Giraudo is throwing a two-night cd-release party for El Viaje, his fourth album.

Bob Karlovits can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7852. Poncho Sanchez is humble when he talks about being the kingpin percussionist in Latin jazz.

The world has long admired the Harlem-born, nine-time Grammy Award-winning Eddie Palmieri as one of the foremost jazz pianists who revolutionized the sound of Latin music.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will present an outdoor concert with the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band at the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall Amphitheater on April 11.

Tenor saxophonist David Sanchez possesses the classic resume of a Latin jazz musician. He was born in Puerto Rico

Colombian emigre Edmar Castaneda came to the U.S. as a teenager and fell in love with the music of Charlie Parker and Chick Corea. So he decided to use a traditional instrument of Colombia's cowboys to play his own form of pan-Latin jazz.

The tenor saxophonist possesses an exemplary cross-cultural resume. What comes out of his horn these days is a new, all-encompassing strain of Latin jazz, akin to the post-bop of his peers. Hear Sanchez perform with his new quartet.

The Venezuelan pianist and composer has developed a distinctively modern, studied form of Latin jazz. He presents his quartet in concert, featuring the return of critically lauded tenor saxophonist Mark Turner from a scary hand injury.

French Jazz singer Raquel Bitton celebrates renowned Latin composers in her hot new French/Latin Jazz recording Boleros which will be released on March 17.

Latin music would not exist without bongos, congas or timbales ? all percussion instruments, all with roots in Africa. Likewise, there wouldn't be Latin music without other African influences, such as syncopation. Latin percussionist, composer and bandleader Bobby Sanabria gives a primer on the close roots that Latin and jazz music share with the sound and soul of West Africa.

Latin Jazz pianist Eddie Palmieri will bring his band, La Perfecta II, to the Frederick P. Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center on February 6th and 7th, 2009. Palmieri...

This week we've got some great salsa and Latin jazz as well as some contemporary Venezuelan and Cuban artists that you don't come across everyday. Also - a compilation of...

A free clinic on Latin and jazz music with the Mambo Kings will be held Sunday, Jan.

A family-led operation, the Machito Orchestra was established in 1939 and continues to attract some of the best-known musicians in Latin jazz.

The trombonist Steve Turre has an unforced affinity for Latin jazz and the sort of deep instinct that manifests over time.

Distinguished trombonist and composer Wayne Wallace presents another sparkling album of Latin jazz music hot on the heels of his previous critically acclaimed release The Nature of the Beat with Infinity , his ...

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On Wed., November 12, the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts presented Grammy Award Winning Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band.

What is it about Latin jazz that makes you want to tap your feet, nod your head, shake your behind and dance? "The rhythm itself," says Poncho Sanchez .

EDDIE PALMIERI ENSEMBLE Pianist Eddie Palmieri, a leading light of Latin jazz and salsa since the '60s, is a master at melding complex Afro-Caribbean rhythms and jazz structures with verve and swing, making ...

Eddie Palmieri is an honoree at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. His 1975 album, "The Sun of Latin Jazz," was the first of its kind to win a Grammy.

Fans of Latin jazz, mark your calendars for the Manhattan School of Music's two-day tribute to Tito Puente, "El Rey" (The King) of timbales. On Sunday, November 2nd, MSM will...