The word “clave” refers to the round hardwood stick used as a percussion instrument in tropical latin music (Afro-Cuban, salsa, merengue, cha cha, etc.). It looks a little like a hot dog without the ...
Recently, radio host Ayana Contreras went to Cuba to dig into a rhythm known as clave. Ayana is the host of "Reclaimed Soul" on Vocalo Radio in Chicago, a sister station of WBEZ. She says clave is ...
The clave stands at the heart of Afro‑Cuban and Latin music, functioning not merely as a rhythmic pattern but as an architectural framework around which entire ensembles spin. When a guitarist lightly ...
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, recently back from a tour of Cuba and Mexico, is giving a series of concerts called "Jazz Meets Clave." WSJ's Pia Catton talks to percussionist Ali Jackson about ...
Pipi Piazzolla is the leader of the band Escalandrúm, a damn fine drummer, and probably the most omnipresent musician on the Buenos Aires scene. Want to find Pipi? Go to Thelonious and he'll probably ...
Recently, radio host Ayana Contreras went to Cuba to dig into a rhythm known as clave. She says clave is essentially a "five-beat rhythmic structure and it's the backbone of a lot of Latin music forms ...