NEW YORK-- Growing up in the Bronx was the inspiration behind a jazz musician's first Grammy-nominated solo album. CBS2's Vanessa Murdock introduces us to Carlos Henriquez. The smooth bellow of the ...

On his latest album, “Jazz Flute Traditions,” Néstor Torres memorably pays tribute to such legends of the instrument as Hubert Laws, Eric Dolphy, Herbie Mann and Yusef Lateef. To Torres’ regret, he ...

You’ve just released your second CD. “A Song of You,” which, as with your first project, “Summer Samba,” is a rich tapestry of Brazilian and Latin tunes and rhythms. What brought about the focus for ...

LJC Community Conversations are designed to explore major ideas in the Latin Jazz world together as a community and inspire conversation through comments. My main motivator here is my belief that LJC ...

From R&B’s smooth pocket to Latin jazz’s rhythmic fire, great guitarists know groove and harmony are everything. By blending expressive phrasing, rich chord voicings, and rhythmic precision, you can ...

Celebrate the rhythms of Latin music with performances by GRAMMY-winners. Celebrate the rhythms of Latin music with the Raices Jazz Orchestra and performances by GRAMMY-winning artists including ...

*Garry Percell, the Billboard-charting smooth jazz guitarist, has released his official music video for “Love Ballad” as of ...

Whenever I’m asked to provide a “fun fact” about myself, I usually say that I worked as a smooth-jazz radio announcer back in college. It wasn’t the kind of unsuitable, faintly ironic part-time job ...

The saxophonist leads as featured on "Cigar Lounge" by Big Mike Hart, who reigns in his first appearance. By Gary Trust Boney James becomes the first act to amass 20 No. 1s on Billboard’s Smooth Jazz ...