Get ready to dance to some Afro-Cuban jazz tonight

It has been hard not to notice the recent explosion of interest in Cuban and Afro-Cuban jazz. The success of the album and documentary The Buena Vista Social Club, which brought together some of Cuba's leading jazz artists, has been phenomenal. If you didn't get a chance to see the sold out show of the Buena Vista Social Club at the Orpheum, don't fear. Joel Larue Smith, lecturer of music, is bringing his Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble to Cohen Auditorium Friday evening in a concert entitled La Musica Caliente Part II - Descarga Urbana.