I discovered today I really dig Latin Jazz

[RagingInMiami]

I went to a Latin Jazz festival today and it's great music. It has the rhytym of Latino music, but the soulfulness of jazz. Check out the photos I took on this link.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=280x1741

[Spider Jerusalem]

1. Yeah.

Latin jazz is some excellent stuff. Jobim is great. And some of the Afro-Cuban stuff seriously kicks ass.

[ralps]

2. I'm not sure if you would consider the musicians in the movie

"Buena Vista Social Club" latin jazz but if you gat a chance check it out.
:hi: :pals:

[RagingInMiami]

4. I love that movie and CD

These musicians I saw today are from Miami, so they're mixed with Cubans, Puerto Ricans, African Americans, etc, and they do a good job of blending in the various musical styles from their cultures.

I would most definitely put the Buena Vista Social Club in the Latin Jazz category. The beauty of Latin Jazz is it incorporates various Latin musical styles and makes it jazzy.

[Spider Jerusalem]

5. You ought to check out the Afro-Cuban All Stars.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000005J54/ref=m_art_li_1/002-6643565-4776034?v=glance&s=music

[RagingInMiami]

12. Aren't they made up with a few members from the Buena Vista Social Club?

[Spider Jerusalem]

15. A couple of the same people, yeah...

but not the whole band.

[fluffernutter]

3. how fun! great pictures.

i'd love to hear a clip of their music.

[RagingInMiami]

7. I ended up buying two CDs

One of the bands is called the Spam Allstars and they're a local band. Click on this website and you can hear a clip of their music.

http://www.spamallstars.com/home.htm

[fluffernutter]

8. cool! it's so fresh, i like the beat.

i love latin music.

[RagingInMiami]

10. You would have loved to have been there

everybody was dancing in the streets. It was a really good vibe.

[progmom]

6. Who played at the festival?

Were there any national acts, or were they mostly local?

[RagingInMiami]

9. I think they're all local

I was only familiar with the Spam Allstars and Skampida, which is a Colombian band based out of Miami. Here is the line up. Do you recognize anybody?

Performers include Cuban jazz great Arturo Sandoval, Ed Calle and the Fuego Caliente Big Band, Roberto Poveda, the Latin Jazz All Star Jam, Sesi, Lucrecia, Experimento, Skampida, Suenalo, DJ Le Spam and the Le Spam All Stars and the Latin Funk Jam

[Spider Jerusalem]

13. Arturo Sandoval...

Great, great trumpet player. He and Dizzy Gillespie were good friends, too.

[RagingInMiami]

14. Yes, he must have been the one with the huge crowd

I didn't get to hear him cause I was listening to the Spam Allstars.

[Tektonik]

11. I didn't know JimmyJazz was latin

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