ENGLISH:   Cubadisco 2024, which will take place May 11-19 2024, has announced its call for entries.  You can read the full details in English here (note that the registration period for entries is has already begun and closes December 31). 
ESPAÑOL:  Dan a conocer la convocatoria de Cubadisco 2024, que tendrá lugar del 11 al 19 de mayo 2024.  Puedes leer todos los detalles en español aquí (nota bien:  el periodo de inscripción ya ha comenzado  y vence el 31 de diciembre)

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In Congalese Rumba: Cuban Music Goes Back Home, Rebecca Bodenheimer interviews French historian Charlotte Grabli on the fascinating journey of African rhythms from the Congo to Cuba and back again.

Drumming and Singing for the Orishas is a great overiew of batá rhythms in both religious and popular music--from the Oru seco to Adalberto to the Bay Area's own Jesús Díaz y su QBA.

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Here's Tom Ehrlich's third of four galleries from this year's Monterey Jazz Festival.

Sandy Cressman

Dancers Samara Atkins, Juliana Cressman and Molly Levy

Ami Molinelli

Claudia Villela

Celso Alberti

Clay Ross

Falu Shah

Yasushi Nakamura

Clarence Penn

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Here's Tom Ehrlich's third of four galleries from this year's Monterey Jazz Festival.

Sullivan Fortnier

Kendrick Scott

Jeremy Pelt (trumpet) and Lew Tabackin (sax)

Charles Lloyd (flute) and Gerald Clayton (piano)

Angela Davis and Terri Lyne Carrington

Billy Childs

Sean Jones

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