National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed annually in the United States from September 15 to October 15, recognising and celebrating the influence and vast contribution to the country by Hispanic Americans.
Jazz simply isn’t Jazz without the scope of Pan Latin influence that shaped and sustained it, as you will hear in Los Olvidados.
Featuring award winning contemporary musicians, authors and advocates of Pan- Latin music, Los Olvidados (The Forgotten Ones) explores how Latin based musical traditions continue to deal with a legacy of indifference, while remaining at the forefront of musicality transforming the quintessential nature of Jazz.
Jane Bunnett, Dr. Martha Gonzalez, Dr. Benjamin Lapidus, Yilian Cañizares, Arturo O’Farrill, Michele Rosewoman, Bobby Sanabria, John Santos, Dr. Chris Washburne and Miguel Zenón share inspiration they’ve cultivated as musicians, educators, authors advocates and activists within Pan-Latin Jazz.
This one hour audio documentary, written, prduced and presented by Michael Ambrosino, is made possible with the support from the Mass Cultural Council (Massachusetts). Listen again: