It started with smooth jazz, funky blues, salsa, to the roots of Mexican folk, morphing into Tejano, Norteño and Southwestern beats. Jazz became front and center with a soulful improvisation of straight-ahead, bebop, swing jazz, and cool jazz. That spirit ignited Latin jazz, fusing Afro-Cuban rhythms in with jazz. Add in blues, rhythm and blues, and soul, the music that tells the stories of resilience to the sway of samba where Afro-Brazilian beats celebrate. Traditional Latin sounds, and a new jazz sounds! Together, they tell a story of culture and creativity. It’s a movement that is essentially what KUVO JAZZ is all about.