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The city of swing welcomes the story of Salsa Raices: the Roots of Latin Music in New York City: exhibition on view at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas, New York, NY -- The Raices Latin Music Collection is proud to announce its touring exhibition, Raices: The Roots of Latin Music in New York City. It ......(Continue Reading) Learning with Jazz: The rich rhythms and stories in music ignite kids to read, write, sing, and soar! Walk through the halls of Washington Rose Elementary School in Long Island, New York, and you find yourself enveloped by the sights and sounds of jazz....(Continue Reading)Alternative country: origins, music, world-view, fans, and taste in genre formation - Discographic Essay It is exciting to observe genre formation as a style of music is being consolidated. Think, for example, of going back to 1916 and seeing the early developments in the music we now know as jazz, to...(Continue Reading)The year of the blues: searching for the origins of roots music - rhythm & books There is no doubt that blues music is considered the greatest single art form given to the world by African Americans. Without the blues there is no ......(Continue Reading)Latin Jazz The blending of Latin music and jazz has occurred in countless forms, under many guises, over much of the twentieth century. Cuba, New ......(Continue Reading)
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