With a “five, six, seven, eight,” two dozen Apache Belles high kicked to the fast tempo of Jingle Bells on the stage inside Rogers Palmer Performing Arts Center at Tyler Junior College. Then conducted ...

The music of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers serves as a suitable theme for this album by Jerry Gonzalez and his Latin jazz band, since they exhibit the same kind of percussive drive with ...

The percussionist, trumpeter and leader of the Fort Apache Band suffered cardiac arrest from smoke inhalation. He was 69 years old. Jerry González, a percussionist and trumpeter who embodied the ...

New York City - Four time winners of Beyond Group of the Year in Downbeat Magazines Readers & Critics Polls, JERRY GONZALEZ AND THE FORT APACHE BAND are cited as the most influential modern ...

Jerry González, a percussionist and trumpeter who embodied the convergent spirit of modern Latin jazz, primarily as cofounder and leader of the Fort Apache Band, died Monday in Madrid, Spain. He was ...