The Latin Beat Magazine is a publication dedicated to all styles of Latin music, edited and published by Rudolph (Rudy) and Yvette Mangual. The first issue was launched on January 1, 1991. It is currently headquartered at Gardena, California

Gardena, California

Gardena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 58,829 at the 2010 census, up from 57,746 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Gardena is located at ....

, USA.

The magazine regularly publishes articles in history of Latin music (Max Salazar

Max Salazar

Max Salazar was an American musicologist specializing in the history of Latin music.His 2002 book "Mambo Kingdom: Latin Music In New York" contains a number of articles about the Mambo legend Tito Puente and over 200 other dance articles for the Village Voice, Latin Times, Billboard, etc.He was a...

 is among regular contributors), filling the gap in the fields such as history of Latin Jazz

Latin jazz

Latin jazz is the general term given to jazz with Latin American rhythms.The three main categories of Latin Jazz are Brazilian, Cuban and Puerto Rican:# Brazilian Latin Jazz includes bossa nova...

. Jazz commentator Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...

gives credits to the magazine in the introduction to his book "Afro-Cuban Jazz".

In 2009 the magazine ceased printing and will continue as an online publication only.