Rutgers Jazz Lab Band: “Jazz & the African/Latin American Tinge”

Jazz is emblematic of our cultural heritage. It is an art form that emerged out of the encounter of African, Caribbean, and European sensibilities and approaches to music-making. It is because of the coming together of musical elements from diverse ethnic groups representing the Western and non-Western Worlds that a uniquely American form of artistic expression came into being. However, the emergence and evolution of jazz in this country has its ...