The world lost an icon when Latin jazz pioneer Eddie Palmieri died last month. His music lives on through recordings, but also through sheet music. That's thanks in part to a publisher in rural ...

Steve Alcala, a music teacher and trumpet player in the Central Valley, fell in love with Latin Jazz. He joined a mariachi band in high school, studied jazz in college and in the 1980s, became a high ...

In addition to the City College musicians who’ll be performing at Soundsation, a couple of Latin jazz artists will co-headline, RIVA and David Cultura.

Over the past fifty years, Hard Bop’s bluesy mixture of bebop harmonies, soulful melodies, and tight band breaks has held the attention of the jazz world with one musical figure standing at the ...

What started as a plan to simplify the Grammys is now getting really, really complicated. On Tuesday, a group of Latin Jazz artists decided to sue NARAS in New York Supreme Court, a move that follows ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four Latin jazz artists are suing the organizers of the Grammy Awards, alleging the elimination of their category from next year's competition has caused them irreparable harm.

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