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 ...

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," part of its Afro-Cuban Jazz Celebration. And while 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 ...

Musical documentary film about the similarities between two types of music genres known as Salsa and Reggaeton. The clave is the five-note two-bar rhythm pattern which generates rhythmic measurement ...