My best days serving on de Carnival Development Committee was scouting foh folklore material. My fair-foh-it group was our unique four or five piece String band wid locally made Guitar, Cuatro, Banjo, Bamboo Flute (Picollo) and Maracas (Shack Shack). De lead instrument was either Bamboo Flute, Saxophone or Violin. De Rose Hall Strings of Pearl was led by de late Leopold “Anto” Anthony and he was ah local Maestro who …
Together for the first time in 40 years, the two Cuban jazz giants are on their worldwide "Reunion Tour" through mid-September, and their album "I Missed You Too!" released on Friday, July 22.
Havana, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) The Leonardo Acosta International Jazz Colloquium in memoriam, a fundamental theoretical space of the 37th Jazz Plaza Festival in Cuba, began its first day today with a tribute to trumpeter José Miguel Crego (El Greco).