In a recent episode of Latino 54, host Franco Silva sat down with Angel Rafael “Papo” Vázquez, a trombonist, composer, arranger, and bandleader whose career spans decades and genres. This ...

The “cuatro” (Spanish for the number “four”) is a deceptively simple instrument. It’s a small, four-stringed guitar but it serves as the backbone of traditional Puerto Rican jíbaro music. Over decades ...

Salsa meets jazz for six hours in Bushnell Park this Saturday. The 11th annual Salsa Meets Jazz Festival features six acts that explore the relationship between jazz and Latin music, each of them ...

The Camel City Jazz Orchestra is back with a 2021 holiday concert. After a year off because of the pandemic, the orchestra will present its ninth annual holiday show — two performances that will mix ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The 15th Annual Latin Jazz & Salsa Festival is happening this weekend at Byrd Park’s Dogwood Dell Amphitheater. The event takes place on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The Spanish Harlem Orchestra performs in Houston Aug. 17. Beginning next week, Da Camera kicks off its third annual Houston SUMMERJAZZ weekend with the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. The salsa and Latin ...

Pink Martini is not a band that has anything to prove. Launching into the cool jazz instrumental "Bolero" at the start of ...

Steve Alcala, a music teacher and trumpet player, fell in love with Latin Jazz, but very little sheet music was available to help his students learn. So he started a sheet music publishing company.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The 17th Annual Latin Jazz and Salsa Festival is this weekend in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom. On Saturday, Aug. 31 from noon to 8 p.m., the 17th Annual Latin Jazz and Salsa ...