Latin jazz
Latin jazz: what it is, how it sounds and 36 musicians associated with it.
Latin jazz is a genre of jazz with Latin American rhythms. The two main categories are Afro-Cuban jazz, rhythmically based on Cuban popular dance music, with a rhythm section employing ostinato patterns or a clave, and Afro-Brazilian jazz, which includes samba and bossa nova.
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Latin jazz musicians
Antônio Carlos Jobim
1927–1994 · Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and…
Sérgio Mendes
1941–2024 · Brazilian musician (1941–2024)
Yma Sumac
1922–2008 · Peruvian-American singer (1922–2008)
Paquito D'Rivera
b. 1948 · Cuban musician
Arturo Sandoval
b. 1949 · Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
Joe Henderson
1937–2001 · American jazz saxophonist (1937–2001)
Gato Barbieri
1932–2016 · Argentine jazz musician (1932–2016)
Mongo Santamaría
1922–2003 · Cuban musician (1917–2003)
Eddie Palmieri
1936–2025 · American musician
Ray Barretto
1929–2006 · American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican…
Cal Tjader
1925–1982 · American vibraphonist (1925–1982)
Egberto Gismonti
b. 1944 · Brazilian musician and composer
Return to Forever
1972– · American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea
Vince Guaraldi
1928–1976 · American jazz pianist (1928–1976)
Irakere
1973– · Cuban musical group; band founded by pianist Chucho Valdés
Machito
1912–1984 · American-Cuban Latin jazz musician (1912-1984)
Danilo Pérez
b. 1965 · Panamanian pianist and composer
Renaud Garcia-Fons
b. 1962 · French upright-bassist and composer
Sabu Martinez
1930–1979 · American musician (1930–1979)
María Rivas Castro
1960–2019 · Venezuelan singer (1960-2019)
Maria João
b. 1956 · Portuguese singer
Roberta Gambarini
b. 1964 · Italian singer
Oscar Castro-Neves
1940–2013 · Brazilian guitarist, composer, arranger (1940–2013)
Paula Morelenbaum
b. 1962 · Brazilian singer focussing on bossa nova and latin jazz
Chano Pozo
1915–1948 · Cuban musician (1915-1948)
Pete Escovedo
b. 1935 · Mexican-American jazz musician and percussionist
Chico O'Farrill
1921–2001 · Cuban composer and musician
Mário Laginha
b. 1960 · Portuguese musician
Jerry Gonzalez
1949–2018 · American musician (1949–2018)
Gretchen Parlato
b. 1976 · American singer
Harold Lopez Nussa
b. 1983 · Cuban jazz pianist
Chano Domínguez
b. 1960 · Spanish jazz musician
Perico Sambeat
b. 1962 · Spanish jazz saxophonist
Roberto Fonseca
b. 1975 · Cuban musician
Edmar Castañeda
b. 1978 · Colombian musician
Gerardo Núñez
b. 1961 · Spanish guitarist and composer