
Vegas PBS Latin Jazz Jam Session
Clip: Season 7 Episode 15 | 4m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
We’re checking out the local Latin Jazz scene and looking for musicians to share their talents!
We’re checking out the local Latin Jazz scene and looking for musicians to share their talents!
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Vegas PBS Latin Jazz Jam Session
Clip: Season 7 Episode 15 | 4m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
We’re checking out the local Latin Jazz scene and looking for musicians to share their talents!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipWe move now to Hispanic Heritage Month.
Even though it has officially come to a close.
Right here on Vegas PBS, you can continue to watch and stream programs and documentaries highlighting the arts, culture, and history of the Latino community.
Bienvenidos a Las Vegas host Maria Silva joins us in studio now.
And Maria, one specific documentary is inspiring local musicians.
Very exciting.
And for they do say that music is a universal language for a reason.
And I get to hang out with some talented Clark County School District students, music students, and I can tell you're blown away by their talent.
Can't wait for you to see the video.
Now their inspiration, the voces documentary Mobile Legends and Music Never Ends, which features former members of the Tito Puente They orchestra who are on a mission to keep this style of music alive for future generations.
Through a partnership with Latino Public Broadcasting, voces and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Vegas PBS was asked to help get the word out.
So we turn to the talented music students at Rex Bell Elementary School, Las Vegas Academy, and we also recruited an amazing 92 year old.
You heard right, 92 year old Vegas musician to help us out.
Generations uniting to make sure the music never ends.
Check it out for us.
Just, you know, ching ching ching ching ching ching and we could be in Italy.
We could be in Yugoslavia.
We could be in Japan.
Australia.
We can be in the barrios of Brazil or Panama.
And the people would go crazy for that.
And.
Put away my love, la is called for the brass bell band at Rex Bell Elementary School in Las Vegas.
We're performing a special arrangement over Latin music teacher Mr. Cook.
It is always honoring Mrs. Clinton's life, legacy and music.
Ready to watch from the legends.
So you never had to work.
My name is Joe Torres, godfather of Latin jazz.
I perform with Celia Cruz.
Gustavo, I can call Celeste.
I'm hanging out with the Las Vegas Academy Jazz Band, and we're having a jam session.
Check out the new documentary, Mambo Legends.
The music never ends with the mambo legends.
We're trying to keep that music that we all love around.
During my jam session with my song Soldier and You.
So I have a challenge for you young musicians.
Let's hear your mambo, your Latin jazz, your songs.
We just want to make sure that the music never ends.
And as we heard there from Mr. Torres, now it's your turn to join our Vegas PBS Latin Jazz jam session.
Now, you don't have to be a 60 student to join.
You don't have to be Latino.
We're inviting all of you, all you talented musicians to join our jam session.
Head to Vegas.
PBS.org.
Slash Mambo for all of the details.
We will be sharing your performances on our Vegas PBS social media platforms.
And Amber, it was really just so special again, to see Mr. Torres and to watch the LVA jazz musicians to sight read.
I learned a new term.
They actually just had Mr. Torres a song and they hadn't practice it.
They had it there for the very first time and they performed it in.
His reaction was just priceless.
Tell me, what was his reaction?
I mean, he was just so and I'll be doing more on that for spotlight.
But he was just like almost moved to tears again.
That's music that he hasn't heard musicians perform for decades, and for them to actually be doing it in front of him and the younger generation, and they were just getting into it, and it was just really, really beautiful and special moment to witness.
And again, music unites us and a moment that we can see on Student Spotlight.
Maria Silva, thank you so much.
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