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Celebrating his new album Vacilon Santiaguero, Kiki Valera performed a Jazz Caliente studio session hosted by Freddy Fuego.
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Jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval brought his band to the KNKX studios for a third visit to celebrate a new album.
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Ten years in the making, the film "Santos — Skin to Skin" celebrates the life and work of percussion master, educator and community activist John Santos.
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Alegría's sextet can transport you to Peru every time you hear its music, but you can also actually go to Peru with the band's "Peru Behind the Scenes" tour.
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Jobim would have been 95 years old this past Tuesday. This Saturday on Jazz Caliente, we'll hear our favorite versions of some of his best-loved compositions, and we'll sample Bay Area guitarist Roy Obiedo's latest album, "Latin Jazz Project Volume 2."
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After a pandemic pause, trombonist/composer/arranger and producer Doug Beavers' 2020 album Sol is finally seeing the light of day.
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We're featuring some homegrown music this week on Jazz Caliente. Here's an interview with Steve Guasch, the producer of the grand compilation called "Salsa Music in the Pacific NW: A Collective Memoir."
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What we call "Latin Jazz" is usually jazz played over Afro-Cuban or Brazilian rhythms. The folkloric Afro-Puerto Rican styles of Bomba and Plena also lend themselves nicely to Latin jazz.
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KNKX's Saturday Jazz Caliente debuted on November 5, 2016. We'll celebrate with music from Latin jazz artists who also have birthdays this week: Arturo Sandoval, Carlos "Patato" Valdes and Mayra Casales.
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Jazz Caliente wishes a very happy birthday this Saturday to one of our most popular and prolific artists, Poncho Sanchez.