Today, they're members of "La Cantera," an Afro-Caribbean Jazz Ensemble made up of musicians between 18 and 24 years old. "In essence, that's what it means. You take something that is rough and give ...

Led by guitarist Jose Guzman, this ensemble blends the heart of Afro-Caribbean rhythms with staples as the Cuban son, Puerto Rican bomba, salsa, descarga, cha-cha and bembe, counterpointed with the ...

Wouldn't it be nice to just drop whatever you're doing right now and go on a nice, leisurely Caribbean vacation? Well, you can — sort of. Let your mind sail through the Caribbean by listening to some ...

Dave Valentine and Dave Samuels provide a pleasant Caribbean mood. With flute and marimba out front, the band takes on a natural appearance. Their performance remains as informal as a jazz party on ...

Photo: Saint Lucia will host the 24 th Saint Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival. (Photo by Brian Major). Today's Caribbean jazz festivals go beyond great displays of America's classical music to encompass a ...

PHOTO: St. Lucia's Pigeon Island National Park will host Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival events in April. (Photo by Brian Major) In recent years, summer jazz music festivals have become as much a ...

Caribbean Jazz Project's double-disc concert CD "Here and Now" is well over two hours long and contains some of the ensemble's best-known arrangements. Even so, it offers only a recent snapshot of the ...

As soon as the 2019 Carnival season ends on Ash Wednesday, the urgency of the short jazz season begins in the islands. Jazz Artists on the Greens 2019 (JAOTG) returns to be the landmark event of the ...

It was a night to immerse in Caribbean jazz music. With her melodious crooning in French, she mesmerised the audience at a chock-a-block full hall at the Alliance Française in Puducherry. Erika Lernot ...

The Caribbean Jazz Project started in 1993 as a studio band of Latin-jazz heavyweights: expat Cuban reedist Paquito D’Rivera; steel-pan drum virtuoso Andy Narell, who commands even more respect in the ...