He's leading a group called The Latin Percussion Jazz Ensemble, on the record Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1980. It presents a stripped-down Tito Puente playing with some stellar Latin jazz ...

Grammy-winner Ileana Cabra bares her Puerto Rican soul to the heartbeat of Latin percussion on her second album. By Judy Cantor-Navas The title of iLe’s new album, Almadura, is a particularly ...

Bands started using cowbells in the 1920s. It is now a staple in the percussion section of most orchestras, and also is an accessory to most drum kits. But where it’s most used is in tropical latin ...

musician Pete Escovedo was a natural musician who gravitated from saxophone to vibes to Latin percussion while still in his teens. He and his brother, the late Coke Escovedo, founded their own ...