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How Beyoncé Jolted the Cuban Singer Daymé Arocena Into a Fresh Era

The prodigious jazz singer came to embrace her inner pop star on a new album made with Visitante from Calle 13.

The Bassist Carlos Henriquez Covers All the Latin and Jazz Bases

The longtime Jazz at Lincoln Center musician leads a tribute this weekend to his mambo ancestors Tito Puente and Tito Rodríguez.

10 Tito Puente Essentials for the Mambo King’s Centennial

A Harlem-born New York original, the percussionist, composer and bandleader helped define Latin jazz and lay the groundwork for 1970s salsa.

75 Years Ago, Latin Jazz Was Born. Its Offspring Are Going Strong.

A concert at Town Hall this week that will be led by Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra celebrates the legacies of Dizzy...

The Soaring Legacy of Pablo Milanés

While helping pioneer nueva trova — which combined Cuban son and guaracha with soul, jazz and folk rock — he alternated embrace and rejection of...

Allow Natalia Lafourcade to Reintroduce Herself

After years of recording homages to Latin American greats, the Mexican singer-songwriter re-emerges with an LP that features new collaborators, including Marc Ribot.