Queens residents can look forward to a stellar lineup of Grammy-winning talent this spring as the Kupferberg Center for the ...

The pianist leads his ensemble in two suites of his own and the final commissioned work of the great jazz composer Carla Bley ...

A local performing arts center is bringing the Grammys to Queens. As New Yorkers recently celebrated their favorite ...

The influence of Afro-Cuban music in Cuban culture will be high on the agenda of the 40th Jazz Plaza International Festival ...

When Bauza met Cuban bandleader Machito, together they transformed American popular music. Afro-Cuban music also offered immigrants a sense of pride and identity. It mixed secret Cuban 'spirit ...

Pinecrest Gardens, in collaboration with the Celia Cruz Estate, is set to honor the centennial of Celia Cruz’s birth with a celebration that includes an ongoing special exhibition and a ...

I Adore You is written by Esperanza Spalding and combines jazz with the Latin style of samba with elements of Afro Cuban music. It features on the 2008 album Esperanza. GCSE Music Revision ...

The Bayside Historic Society is celebrating Valentine’s Day fashionably late with a Latin Jazz Brunch from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16 at The Castle’s ballroom at 208 ...

The show starts with a performance of the more traditional Afro-Cuban music and dance styles associated with Santeria, and ends with a high-energy rumba that gets foreigners and Cubans alike up ...

For a little more than three decades, Simmons has taught classes in West African and Afro-Cuban music and history at Duke University. Simmons says his djembe classes are typically small. But that does ...