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 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." WSJ's Pia Catton talks to percussionist Ali Jackson about ...

Hands were clapping in the clave rhythm on Friday afternoon inside the Longs Peak room inside the University of Northern Colorado University Center. Leading the clapping was Samuel Torres, a Latin ...

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 ...

The latest collaboration between Dallas Black Dance Theatre and Gypsy musicians from North Macedonia stems from a shared rhythm called clave. Also the name of an instrument on which the ubiquitous ...