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Latin Jazz

170 profiles tagged Latin Jazz, A-Z.

Latin jazz is a broad umbrella term for jazz that integrates Latin American rhythmic traditions, encompassing both the Afro-Cuban branch that emerged in 1940s New York and Brazilian-derived styles such as bossa nova and samba-jazz that developed from the late 1950s. It is unified by the layering of Latin percussion and clave- or samba-based rhythmic frameworks with jazz harmony and improvisation. Bandleaders Machito and Tito Puente, along with vibraphonist Cal Tjader, are among its most closely associated pioneering figures.

Aaron Goldberg Piano Airto Moreira Percussion Alejandro Falcón Piano Alessandro Presti Trumpet Alexis Cuadrado Double bass Alon Yavnai Piano Andrea Brachfeld Flute Andy Hunter Trombone Angela Bofill Vocals ✦ 1954–2024 Antonio Carlos Jobim Piano ✦ 1927–1994 Antonio Hart Alto saxophone Antonio Onorato Guitar (including the guitar-synthesizer he calls the "breath guitar") Antonio Sanchez Drums Arrigo Cappelletti Piano Assaf Hakimi Double bass Barbara Casini Vocals Benny Sharoni Tenor saxophone Bob Salmieri Tenor & Soprano Saxophone Bobby Shew Trumpet Camila Meza Vocals Cesar Camargo Mariano Piano Charlie Haden Double bass ✦ 1937–2014 Chiara Izzi Vocals Chick Corea Piano ✦ 1941–2021 Chico Freeman Tenor saxophone Chris Cheek Tenor saxophone Chuck Mangione Flugelhorn ✦ 1940–2025 Chuck Redd Vibraphone Claudia Acuña Voice Claudio Roditi Trumpet ✦ 1946–2020 Clemens Grassmann Drums Craig Handy Tenor saxophone Cyro Baptista Percussion (over 40 instruments, many self-built) Dafnis Prieto Drums Dan Aran Drums Dani Benedikt Drums Danilo Pérez Piano Dario Chiazzolino Guitar Dave Samuels Vibraphone ✦ 1948–2019 David Amram French horn David Feldman Piano Davide Ragazzoni Drums Diego Urcola Trumpet Dizzy Gillespie Trumpet ✦ 1917–1993 Domenico Riina Trumpet Don Grusin Keyboards Donald Harrison Alto saxophone Doron Raphaeli Drums Eddie Palmieri Piano ✦ 1936–2025 Eddy Palermo Guitar Eitan Itzcovich Drums Etienne Charles Trumpet Fausto Beccalossi Chromatic Accordion Federico Gili Accordion Ferruccio Spinetti Double bass Flora Purim Vocals Francesco Buzzurro Classical guitar Gabriel Espinosa Electric bass Gabriele Mirabassi Clarinet Gato Barbieri Tenor saxophone ✦ 1932–2016 Gene Bertoncini Guitar (nylon-string classical and electric) ✦ 1937–2026 Gianni Iorio Bandoneon Gino Marinacci Flute ✦ 1926–1982 Giorgio Rosciglione Double bass Giovanni Ceccarelli Piano Giovanni Perin Vibraphone Giulio Camarca Guitar (electric and classical) ✦ 1941–2021 Grant Green Guitar ✦ 1935–1979 Gregory Rivkin Trumpet Guido Di Leone Guitar ✦ 1964–2025 Guilherme Monteiro Guitar (acoustic & electric) Hadar Noiberg Flute (C flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo, antique wooden flutes) Harvie S Double bass Hendrik Meurkens Chromatic harmonica Hidefumi Toki Alto saxophone ✦ 1950–2021 Hidehiko Matsumoto Tenor saxophone ✦ 1926–2000 Himiko Kikuchi Piano Hiroko Kokubu Piano Isamu Ohashi Guitar ✦ 1967–2023 Itai Kriss Flute Ivan Lins Vocals James Shipp Vibraphone Javier Girotto Baritone saxophone Jay Lawrence Drums Jeff Ballard Drums Jimsaku Bass (Tetsuo Sakurai) Joe McCarthy Drums Joe Pass Guitar ✦ 1929–1994 John Patitucci Double bass Keita Ogawa Percussion Ken Watanabe Electric bass Laurent Coulondre Piano Leny Andrade Vocals ✦ 1943–2023 Lilian Terry Vocals ✦ 1930–2023 Little Johnny Rivero Congas Luca Pirozzi Double Bass Makoto Ozone Piano Mamelo Gaitanopoulos Tenor Saxophone Manuel Linhares Vocals Manuel Valera Piano Marc Miralta Drums Marc Ribot Guitar Marco Bianchi Piano Marco Castelli Saxophones (Tenor, Soprano, Sopranino) Marco Pacassoni Vibraphone Marco Panascia Double bass Marco Postacchini Tenor Saxophone Masayoshi Takanaka Guitar Maurizio Caldura Núñez Tenor Saxophone ✦ 1959–1998 McCoy Tyner Piano ✦ 1938–2020 Michael Olivera Drums Michael Philip Mossman Trumpet Miguel Zenón Alto saxophone Miki Hirose Trumpet Milton Michaeli Piano Mirko Fait Saxophones (tenor, alto, soprano) Monty Alexander Piano Mulatu Astatke Vibraphone Nando Di Modugno Classical Guitar Naoya Matsuoka Piano ✦ 1937–2014 Naruyoshi Kikuchi Tenor Saxophone Nicola Stilo Flute Nilson Matta Double bass Oded Lev-Ari Piano Oded Meir Trombone Omar Sosa Piano Pablo Ablanedo Piano Panagiotis Andreou Electric bass Paquito D'Rivera Alto saxophone Pasquale Stafano Piano Patrizia Scascitelli Piano Pedrito Martinez Congas Peo Alfonsi Acoustic and classical guitar Percio Sapia Drums Pierluigi Balducci Electric Bass Pino Iodice Piano Rafi Malkiel Trombone Rami Shuler Vibraphone Reuben Rogers Double bass Rick Faulkner Trombone Roberto Tola Guitar Romero Lubambo Guitar Roni Ben-Hur Guitar Rony Iwryn Percussion (congas, bongos, timbales, frame drums, shaker) Ruy López-Nussa Drums Sachi Hayasaka Alto saxophone Santi Debriano Double bass Satoshi Takeishi Drums Sergio Munafò Guitar Shoji Yokouchi Guitar Shunzo Ohno Trumpet Silvia Manco Piano Stefania Tallini Piano Sylvia Cuenca Drums Teru Sakamoto Piano The Anzic Orchestra Orchestra Tom Harrell Trumpet Tomohiro Yahiro Percussion Toninho Horta Guitar (electric, acoustic, twelve-string) Toshiki Nagata Double bass Uri Gurvich Alto Saxophone Uri Sharlin Accordion Vanderlei Pereira Drums Vince Abbracciante Accordion Vitor Goncalves Piano Yasuko Agawa Vocals Yoav Eshed Guitar Yosvany Terry Alto & soprano saxophone Yuji Imamura Percussion Yutaka Yokokura Keyboards

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