Rumor Records' Jazz Cuba series cherry picks from 300 recordings made primarily for local consumption from the mid 1950s through the late 1980s at the Panart and Areito studios in Havana, Cuba. Some ...

On April 25, 1973, the Santiago de Cuba stadium saw a historic event when Irakere (an eight-member band whose name means "forest" in Yoruba) debuted. Attendees had never experienced anything quite ...

The project, which Valdés founded in 1973, brought the sacred percussion and incantations of Afro-Cuban religious music to jazz. By Judy Cantor-Navas On Oct. 20, Chucho Valdés opens his Irakere 40 ...

Hace más de 40 años que la banda de latin jazz Irakere se fundó en La Habana, un grupo de “grandes estrellas”, liderado por el pianista Chucho Valdés, que marcó, en palabras del maestro, “el cambio ...

If the ground trembles a bit around the Adrienne Arsht Center on Friday, February 9, don’t blame the State Road 836 construction project down the street. With an as-of-now sold-out house and a trio of ...

The ongoing normalization of diplomatic relations with Cuba augurs an uptick in the presence of artists from the island making their way to the U.S., and it’s an encouraging sign that the brilliant ...

Kupferberg Center for the Arts will present Chucho Valdés: Irakere 50, a powerful tribute to the legendary Cuban ensemble that transformed Afro-Cuban jazz. Taking place on Thursday, May 8 at 8 PM at ...

November 30, 2016 • In the wake of Fidel Castro's death, Alt.Latino looks at the artists who remained in Cuba after the revolution and those who've left — and how their music reflects both realities.