STORY: American pianist Aaron Goldberg was joined by Cuban drummer Oliver Valdes and double bassist Jorge Reyes to delight jazz fans at the National Theatre in Havana. He told Reuters the festival is ...

Yissy García was a child – but she knew she was not on board with the family plan. The daughter of Bernardo García, a much-respected drummer who was a charter member of the fabled group Irakere and ...

HAVANA (AP) — It wasn’t that long ago that Cuba’s rich percussion scene was essentially a boys’ club, dominated by men due to macho attitudes and religious tradition. Perceived as too weak for the ...

For decades, the sound of his bongos resonated across stages in Cuba, the United States, Europe, and Latin America. Jorge ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, in for Terry Gross. Drummer Dafnis Prieto moved to the U.S. from Cuba in 1999. Twelve years later, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. Prieto leads a few ...

If you ever came across African diasporic music in North Carolina with live drums — like, djembes, dununs, shékeres — then there's a good chance master drummer Baba Bradley Simmons was involved.

It’s time to take another look to the south--toward a steaming caldron of music that seems to produce an unlimited variety of jazz flavors. Cuba is at the epicenter, but ingredients come from around ...

Santería ceremonies are for calling out to the spiritual world, and that spiritual connection is made through music. Felix Contreras explores how... How Santería Seeped Into Latin Music All this week, ...

In January, Harris Eisenstadt spent two weeks studying percussion in Matanzas and Havana. Here's what he gained from the experience. In Afro-Cuban religious ceremonies, it's common for participants to ...

Two of his sons continue on as drummers with Chicago and the Zac Brown Band. Another son, actor Kamar de los Reyes, lost a battle with cancer in 2023. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Walfredo de los ...