NEW ORLEANS — Last month, ten young people with the Trombone Shorty Foundation joined famous New Orleans musicians to perform at the Havana Jazz Festival in Cuba. The trip was designed to showcase New ...

Cándido Camero, the legendary Cuban conguero who pioneered the three-conga style and helped usher in a generation of Latin jazz, died peacefully at home in New York Saturday morning (November 7), NPR ...

The death of Cuban conga master Carlos "Patato" Valdes this past December provides a sad opportunity to dig out one of his best-known recordings — which also happens to be a groundbreaking piece of ...

Gloria Estefan discusses the strong African roots of Cuban music and performs Miami Sound Machine’s first hit single, “Conga.” Gloria Estefan: For me, it took a long time even to learn about the ...

“It is hard to imagine contemporary Afro-Cuban percussion minus these three legendary congueros... The Conga Kings bears repeated listening just to comprehend the nuanced interplay of this unrivaled ...

For one more night, the papaya bar still beckons at the Conga Room in downtown L.A. The yellow sculptural design from Cuban American artist Jorge Pardo — meant to resemble the tropical fruit split ...

Cuba has become more accessible in recent years, yet the country remains a mystery to most Americans. The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival offers guests the chance to explore Cuba’s art, music ...

STILL COMPLICATED AS ERIKA MENTIONED EARLIER. ANTHONY: BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM BOTH COUNTRIES PUSHING POLITICS ASIDE AND UNITING THROUGH MUSIC. ERIKA: CUBA IS AN ISLAND NATION FILLED WITH FERVOR, ...

On many levels, The Conga Kings’ Jazz Descargas is authentic Afro-Cuban jazz. For starters, Carlos “Patato” Valdes and Candido Camero have been Afro-Cuban music pioneers for decades. Patato is ...

For the first time since the Cuban conga (1938), it looks as though the U.S. is taking up a new ballroom dance. The new dance is the Brazilian samba* notable alike for its breezy tempo and its lilting ...

Jimmy Smits, left, Brad Gluckstein and Paul Rodriguez in the Conga Room, which will close Wednesday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles) For one more night, the papaya bar still beckons at the Conga Room in ...

For one more night, the papaya bar still beckons at the Conga Room in downtown L.A. The yellow sculptural design from Cuban American artist Jorge Pardo — meant to resemble the tropical fruit split ...