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The music of Latin jazz pioneers lives on through sheet music from a small publisher

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By Kerry Klein

Published September 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM PDT

Steve Alcala, a music teacher and trumpet player, fell in love with Latin Jazz, but very little sheet music was available to help his students learn. So he started a sheet music publishing company.

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