What is it about Latin jazz that makes you want to tap your feet, nod your head, shake your behind and dance? “The rhythm itself,” says Poncho Sanchez. “We base a lot of our music around the mambo, ...

Grammy-winning Latin jazz musician Poncho Sanchez will perform Oct. 12 at San Bernardino Valley College. The concert is at 6 p.m. in Valley College’s Greek Theatre. Seating is first come, first served ...

Sanchez comments, "To me, Latin jazz is the world's greatest music," says Sanchez. "It has the melodic and harmonic sophistication of jazz and American standards, and the flavor and energy of Latin ...

The Poncho Sanchez Latin Band, featuring Terence Blanchard is in concert at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston on Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets to the concert are $41-$55 and can ...

The meeting on record of Poncho Sanchez and Terence Blanchard risks a collapse under the weight of names. Not just their own, but the corresponding heroes that inspire the collaboration. Chano Pozo ...

For more than three decades as both a leader and a sideman, conguero Poncho Sanchez has stirred up a fiery stew of straight-ahead jazz, gritty soul music, and infectious melodies and rhythms from a ...

The Music Academy of the West’s (MAW) festival is very much in mid-stride at this point in its summer season. A more scaled-down and down-the-middle orchestra concert arrives Saturday in the more ...

Better than: Chin scratching jazz shows. Stream this :http://www.ponchosanchez.com/unflashed.html Latin Jazz percussionist Poncho Sanchez capped off a 2 week stint in ...

One apparently organic moment on Saturday night encapsulated what the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band is all about. As saxophonist Javier Vergara soloed through the bouncy “El Agua de Belen,” Sanchez ...

Music by Perez except where noted. The 2011 Encuentro! Latin Jazz Festival at NJPAC takes place Oct. 29, and JazzSet will be there for Omar Sosa and the Gonzalez Brothers. In 1989, all together in a ...

Today, let's check out some videos of percussionist Poncho Sanchez, who will be bringing his band to St. Louis to perform Wednesday, April 16 through Saturday, April 19 at Jazz at the Bistro. Last ...