Every now and then, I speak with Scott Simon about various styles of music that come from the Spanish-speaking world. This time, we discussed four different female vocalists. Here are four albums, all ...

Since their arrival in 2000, Spanish Harlem Orchestra (SHO) has established itself as a standard bearer of contemporary Latin music. Directed by world-renowned pianist, arranger, and producer Oscar ...

Guitarist Thomas Lorenzo moved to Barcelona, Spain in 2003 and has since produced four solo albums, including the very charming Spanish Breeze. The son of Spanish immigrants, who fled Franco's Spain ...

The Bad Plus came together in the early 2000s, offering up a jazz spin on works by Nirvana, Aphex Twin and other non-jazz sources. Since then, each of the trio's records has further explored the group ...

Add Us On i Make JazzTimes a preferred source and Google will show you more of our stories in Top Stories. Bassist and composer Giulia Valle is a rara avis on the Spanish jazz scene. Born in Italy, ...

On the surface, legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea is an Italian guy from Boston. But since his start at Birdland on the bandstand of Latin jazz icon Mongo Santamaria, the Grammy-winning keyboard… By ...

Jazz developed as a fusion of musical concepts from around the globe. Essentially a distillation of African rhythms intermingling with European harmonies, much of the genre’s growth stemmed from ...

The Embassy of Spain and the Arts Council presented “A Night of Spanish Jazz” to a packed audience at the auditorium of the Marcelo Fernan Press Center. The event was in cooperation with Amigos de ...

Bassist and composer Giulia Valle is a rara avis on the Spanish jazz scene. Born in Italy, she established her professional career in Barcelona as an artist and is now also an educator, teaching at ...