Cuban American Music Festival

07/26/2026

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 at THE AUTRY
Sizzling Summer Nights Presents: Trombor, Tribute to the Legends (Willie Colon & Eddie Palmieri)

07/26/2026

Experience jazz classics like never before at Jazz Standards in Clave: An Afro-Cuban Jazz Night. Afro Latin Syndicate brings timeless standards to life with the irresistible pulse of the Cuban clave, fiery Latin grooves, world-class musicianship, and unforgettable energy. Don’t miss this unforgettable celebration of jazz and Afro-Cuban music.
🗓️ Friday, August 28
📍 Catalina Jazz Club, Los Angeles
🚪 Doors 7:00 PM | 🎤 Show 8:30 PM
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07/23/2026

❝…if you can’t manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning, I call it, for jazz ❞ — Jelly Roll Morton

Dizzy Gillespie was interested in fusing jazz with the exciting sounds that he heard from recently-arrived Cuban musicians in New York.
His friend and fellow trumpeter Mario Bauzá (the composer of Machito’s “Tangá”) introduced him to Chano Pozo – a Cuban percussionist, dancer, singer and percussionist who would become a key collaborator and another important figure in the development of Afro-Cuban jazz.

Pozo joined Gillespie’s big band on congas, as well as helping guide the trumpeter in his experiments with Cuban sounds and, together, the pair co-wrote the Latin jazz standards “Manteca” and “Tin Tin Deo”.

This fusion with bebop was known for a time as “Cubop”, although the term never really stuck.

Dizzy Gillespie’s most influential Afro-Cuban work was made in the 1940s and ‘50s, although he would return to the style at various points, with 1975’s Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods providing one example.

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[📸 original photo of Dizzy Gillespie by Gottlieb, William P., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]

07/22/2026

Tomorrow night, Thursday, July 23 at Catalina Jazz Club
La Leyenda de Cuba in Los Angeles, Lazaro Galarraga with Orquesta Ritmo Alegre
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07/20/2026

La Leyenda de Cuba in Los Angeles, Lazaro Galarraga with Orquesta Ritmo Alegre
Thursday, July 23 at Catalina Jazz Club
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