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In Memoriam: In Conversation with Mark Levine (2009)

ABOUT MARK LEVINE Pianist, composer, educator Mark Levine was a graduate of Boston University who began his career as a bebopper. His interest in Latin Jazz was generated by a visit to the world-fa…

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James Sanders & Conjunto to Release New Album: Evidencia - Latin Jazz Network

The new James Sanders & Conjunto album "Evidencia" will be released in February of 2022. This album of originals was made possible by a #3arts crowd funding campaign and many donations from friends and followers.

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Truth Revolution Records presents Alex “Apolo” Ayala’s “Bámbula” Project

Bámbula is a remarkable celebration of Ayala’s Afro-Puerto Rican culture, a rumination on identity, and a stirring tribute to his late mother and grandmother. Over the course of seven origina…

See article for review, upcoming performance!

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Seminal Recording: Puerto Rico: Como El Filo del Machete/Like the Edge of the Machete

“SONGS OF THE STRUGGLE FOR PUERTO RICAN INDEPENDENCE” Sung by Andres Jimenez COMO EL FILETE DEL MACHETE reflects the struggle for Puerto Rican Independence in song. The original was rec…

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Exclusive Broadcast: Michele Rosewoman’s “A Function at the Junction/Una Función en el Cruce: Puente Ancestral, Corrientes Musicales”

PERFORMANCES BY: Michele Rosewoman’s New Yor-Uba, Francisco Mora Catlett’s Afro Horn, and Roman Diaz’s Rumba Ensemble. The Center for International Performance and Exhibition dba…

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A Function at the Junction

“ A Function at the Junction" the momentous cultural exchange between musicians in New York, California and Cuba !

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Rediscovering Puerto Rican Painter, Muralist Juan De’Prey (1904 -1962)

Recently, I discovered the article “Juan De’Prey: A Giant Rediscovered” by Michael DR (blogspot.com). Further research led to the book “Painting and Sculpture of the Puerto …

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Francisco Mora Catlett releases “Electric Worlds”

The multi-talented Afro-Latin American drummer, composer, bandleader, visionary Francisco Mora Catlett is no stranger to the art of reinvention. He’s ridden the spaceways with Sun Ra’s …

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Papo Vázquez Concert & Parranda

REAL ART WAYS welcomes back trombonist, composer Papo Vázquez for an annual concert and holiday Parranda. PARRANDA is the Puerto Rican and Latino version of Christmas caroling. Parranda de aguinald…

Upcoming Concert and Parranda 12/4/2021

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Mandrill Celebrates 50 Years with New Album and Limited Edition Collector’s Box Set

MANDRILL came “outta da bush” five decades ago, pushing the musical envelope with a hard-driving combination of heavy horns and percussion deftly layered in a complex mix of Funk, Jazz, Latin, R&am…

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Mandrill Celebrates 50 Years with New Album and Limited Edition Collector’s Box Set

MANDRILL came “outta da bush” five decades ago, pushing the musical envelope with a hard-driving combination of heavy horns and percussion deftly layered in a complex mix of Funk, Jazz, Latin, R&am…

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Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita release SUBA

The eleven tracks that make up SUBA are linked by common themes that interweave throughout the recording. The songs speak of friendship and spiritual connection, of travel and loss, of hope and opt…

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Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita release SUBA

The eleven tracks that make up SUBA are linked by common themes that interweave throughout the recording. The songs speak of friendship and spiritual connection, of travel and loss, of hope and opt…

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A Navajo musician’s quest to spread jazz across the Nation

After gaining international fame, Delbert Anderson and his ensemble bring their music home.

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A FUNCTION AT THE JUNCTION: ANCESTRAL BRIDGE, MUSICAL STREAMS/UNA FUNCIÓN EN EL CRUCE: PUENTE ANCESTRAL, CORRIENTES MUSICALES

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11 @ THE CLEMENTE, NYC, 7 PM – 11 PM TICKETS Featuring Michele Rosewoman’s New Yor-Uba, Francisco Mora Catlett’s Afro Horn & Román Díaz’s Rumba Ensemb…

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LEHMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS presents “La Princesa de la Salsa!” INDIA: Inmensa

LEHMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is excited to bring back to the Bronx the Latin Grammy Award winner INDIA for a special concert to perform all your favorites from Freestyle and house to Latin…

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FATOUMATA DIAWARA ENROLS, ANGELIQUE KIDJO, DIANNE REEVES, CHINA MOSES, INNA MODJA, MAYRA ANDRADE, THANDISWA MAZWAI, SOMI, AND TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON COLLABORATE ON AMBÈ

‘AMBÈ’ OUT 25TH MAY TO COMMEMORATE AFRICA DAYCelebrated Malian singer/guitarist/songwriter/actress Fatoumata Diawara has announced details of her new video clip ‘Ambè’. Composed during the first lo…

In celebration of AFRICA DAY!