Que Pasa? National Hispanic Heritage Month has arrived! Every year from September 15th to October 15th, since 1968, Americans have celebrated the power, beauty and importance of Hispanic peoples and their cultural contributions to the world. On this episode of Jazzism (a katzpheno mix) I join the party with an emphasis on Jazz music with what Jelly Roll Morton called "a Spanish tinge". That's right the Hispanic influence has been an integral part of Jazz since it's inception. Due largely in part because of it's birthplace in the major port city of New Orleans. The innovators of this music we so lovingly call Jazz interacted with the travelers and merchants from Cuba and South America and picked up those musical cues. Larga vida la musica de Jazz! Enjoy, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Kenny Garrett - Laviso, I Bon? (2012) Charlie Hunter - Latin For Travelers (2016) Al DiMeola - Hypnose (2006) Herbie hancock featuring CeU - Tempo de Amor (2010) Donald Harrison - Septembro (1996) Harold Lopez-Nusa - Lobo's Cha (2016) Soil & Pimp Sessions - A Decade (2011) Terence Blanchard - On The Verge (2003) Eric Reed - Sun Out (2011) Willie Bobo - Dindi (1971) Ben Williams - Strength & Beauty (2015)