{"id":422377,"date":"2026-10-08T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422377\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:36:08","slug":"dimas-sanchez-the-afro-latin-jazz-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422377\/","title":{"rendered":"Dimas S\u00e1nchez &#038; the Afro Latin Jazz Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Led by veteran Puerto Rican drummer and percussionist Dimas S\u00e1nchez, his Afro Latin Jazz Project fuses traditional Afro-Puerto Rican folk rhythms with modern Latin jazz. The ensemble performs original compositions and reimagined jazz standards, featuring intricate percussion and rich Caribbean-infused arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, Dimas has collaborated with an impressive range of internationally acclaimed artists and ensembles, including the Xavier Cugat Orchestra, David S\u00e1nchez, Giovanni Hidalgo, Eddie \u201cGuaGua\u201d Rivera, N\u00e9stor Torres, and Chuchito Vald\u00e9s. He has performed at major festivals and cultural events worldwide, such as Mundo Latino in Paris, The Mastercard Jazz Festival in San Juan, Clearwater Jazz Festival, Jacksonville Jazz Festival, SunFest in West Palm Beach, and Toros y Salsa in Dax, France.<\/p>\n<p>Special opening act by Tampa Bay Capoeira.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Led by veteran Puerto Rican drummer and percussionist Dimas S\u00e1nchez, his Afro Latin Jazz Project fuses traditional Afro-Puerto&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-422377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}