LATIN MUSIC USA highlights the great American music created by Latinos, and celebrates the Latin rhythms at the heart of jazz, rock, country, and rhythm and blues. It's a fresh take on American musical history, reaching across five decades to portray the rich mix of sounds created by Latinos and embraced by all. Narrated by Jimmy Smits.

• LATIN MUSIC USA episodes include:
  BRIDGES: See the rise of Latin jazz with the great Machito and the explosion of the mambo with Pérez Prado. Watch as Latin music infiltrates R&B and rock throughout the 1960s, from the Drifters to Santana and beyond.
• THE SALSA REVOLUTION: Puerto Ricans and other Latinos in New York reinvent Cuban and Puerto Rican rhythms, adding elements from soul and jazz to create salsa. Follow the rise and fall of legendary Fania Records with famed artists Willie Colón, Héctor Lavoe, and Rubén Blades.
• THE CHICANO WAVE: From Ritchie Valens and Freddy Fender to Linda Ronstadt, Los Lobos, and Selena, a new generation of Mexican Americans raised on rock, rhythm and blues, and country music expresses their cultural identity through Chicano rock, Latin rock, and Tejano.
• DIVAS & SUPERSTARS: Latin pop explodes with the success of artists like Ricky Martin, Shakira, and Gloria Estefan. But as studios concentrate on star-driven pop, Latino youth gravitate toward the urban fusions of reggaetón artists like Daddy Yankee and rapper Pitbull, while rock en español star Juanes becomes a global phenomenon.
• Printable Viewing Guide in English and Spanish (PDF)
• Two bonus videos with producer essays (PDF)
• Spanish audio track (narrated by Leila Cobo)
• Widescreen Anamorphic
  
  
• 8 Track CD includes:
  
  BRIDGES:
  Desi Arnaz - Babalu
  Machito - Mambo Inn
  Arturo Sandoval - Manteca
  
  THE SALSA REVOLUTION:
  Fania All Stars - Coro Miyare
  Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire
  
  THE CHICANO WAVE:
  Ritchie Valens - La Bamba
  Little Joe - Las Nubes (live)
  
  DIVAS & SUPERSTARS:
  Miami Sound Machine - Conga
  
  
• 16 Track soundtrack includes:
  
  BRIDGES:
  1. Tito Puente - Pa' Los Rumberos
  2. Perez Prado - Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom
  3. Tito Rodriguez - Me Lo Dijo Adela
  
  THE SALSA REVOLUTION:
  4. Willie Colon - Che Che Cole
  5. Ruben Blades - Pedro Navaja
  6. Hector La Voe - El Cantante
  7. Celia Cruz - Quimbara
  
  THE CHICANO WAVE:
  8. Selena - Amor Prohibido
  9. La Mafia - Un Millon de Rosas
  10. Santana - Soul Sacrifice
  11. Los Tigres del Norte - De Paisano a Paisano
  
  DIVAS & SUPERSTARS:
  12. Ricky Martin - Cup of Life
  13. Marc Anthony - I Need To Know
  14. Shakira - Whenever, Whereever
  15. Jennifer Lopez - Waiting For Tonight
  16. Juanes - A Dios Le Pido