Monica Pal and Raul Jimenez are twirling around the wooden dance floor to a pulsing Latin beat. The beat's supplied by Mambo Loco, a live four-piece dance band with pounding pair of conga drums. "You ...

Living Local 15 host Jessica Williams is joined by singer and musician Melisa McCann, as they discuss her music history and the return of her band Melisa’s Latin Beat. Plus they highlight a couple of ...

With their long, rock star hair, and earthy tropical threads, you might not know at first glance if Solazo’s three frontmen are sensitive world fusion guys, or hard rockers. The answer is both–if they ...

Veteran New York Pianist/composer and arranger Bill O'Connell, early on developed a reputation in the post-bop/hard-bop area but, since then, is best recognized as one of the finest musicians and long ...

As part of the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Colorado Symphony performed its annual "Latin Beats" concert. The Symphony partners with the Mexican Cultural Center to bring Latin culture ...

What do a trumpeter from a band called Sex Mob, a popular hip-hop session musician and a Latino percussionist who once played for Yiddish theater have in common? They all play jazz infused with Jewish ...

It’s Friday evening at the Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple in downtown Los Angeles, but there’s no Zen quiet here. Instead, Latin-inflected hip-hop thumps from a basement room, where about 30 men and ...