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 ...

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 ...

Spread out a blanket on the lawn and tuck into your picnic: It's time for "Live Jazz from Tanglewood," the opening concert of the 2005 Tanglewood Jazz Festival in Lenox, Mass. First up, we present ...

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 ...

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 ...

During the break Barbados legendary musician Ebe Gilkes was awarded the Naniki Caribbean Jazz Safari Legend Award. On hand to present the award was promoter Tom Hinds, former Chief Justice Sir David ...

Tourists flock to see Stevie Wonder and Sting at Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival, and other veteran stars across the Caribbean; while island economies and artist visibility both get a boost -- just… ...

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 ...

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 ...

For Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca, celebrating International Jazz Day with a concert bringing together some of the most important musicians in the Caribbean was a dream come true. “What this concert ...

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 ...