There was quiet chatter in Buskirk-Chumley Theatre. Most of the seats on both levels of the theatre were filled. The stage was littered with chairs and instruments, both waiting for their companions.

PORT TOWNSEND — It’s about to get hot in here. Hips will swivel, waists will turn fluid, men will work up a sweat while women glow — all because they cannot resist that seductive thing called salsa.

Jazz sometimes gets a bad rap as a genre that’s grown stuffy, stodgy and best enjoyed sitting down. And then there’s Riverview Jazz’s Jersey City Pier Fest, which for the next three Fridays will prove ...

On a Wednesday night in Dinkelspiel Auditorium, four vocalists rehearse an arrangement of Cuban singer Celia Cruz, accompanied by a pianist to their right. Through these weekly rehearsals, Stanford ...

“I’ve been called the ‘madman of salsa,’” said Eddie Palmieri. “I’ve got so many names, I forget my own name.” Palmieri has also been called an innovator by many and a “Jazz Master” by the National ...

DILLON – If you haven’t joined the dance craze at the Lake Dillon Amphitheatre yet, it’s time. Conjunto Colores ushers in the hot rhythms of the Caribbean, Cuba and Puerto Rico with a free concert at ...

The region’s longest running Latin music festival is making a move. “It’s the 17th at the 17th,” says “Sweet” Lou Hidalgo, the founder and host of The Latin Jazz and Salsa Show Festival, an annual ...

One of the major misnomers about the history of Latin Jazz is the small scope of coverage that the music has received outside of the accomplishments of musicians within New York City. There’s no doubt ...

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. “We base a lot of our music around the mambo, ...

Local vocalist/percussionist Gino Castillo remembers his grandmother listening to Cuban boleros on the radio and his grandfather spinning vinyls of classic composers Bach, Beethoven, Wagner and ...

Pablo Sanhueza presented his Orquesta Folklorica Experimental Latino Americana on Sept. 11. The ensemble includes graduates and aspprentices in the Latin Jazz Institute, and played a genre called ...

Growing up in South America, Yesenia “Yesy” Barton loved to dance. She was born in Colombia and raised in Ecuador, and her parents danced together in perfect sync even without classes. Her mother went ...