It’s nothing less than the Mother Ship of Afro-Latin music.
With its habanera, danzon, changüí, son, son montuno, rumba, mambo, cha-cha-cha, timba, and wide variety of Afro-Cuban spiritual musical forms, Cuba has been as important to the music of the world as the United States has been with its blues, jazz, rock and rock, and gospel music.
But getting information about the Cuban jazz scene is not easy…
It’s scarcely covered by major jazz magazines. Even getting a list of jazz venues in Havana isn’t easy.
Ken’s Cuba List is filling the gap with videos and articles that will help you put Cuba’s music in perspective and educate yourself about its riches past and present.
We’re also sharing practical information including travel tips and a weekly listing of what’s going on in the clubs in Havana (the only source of this particular info on the Internet.)
– Ken McCarthy
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Things are good, just very intense and insanely busy.
I hope things will settle down by September.
But hey, the show must go on, even if intermittently.
There are TWO clips here. Make sure you look at both.
The first clip is the English language section of an excellent documentary on Machito.
The second clip is the entire documentary.
The entire video
– Ken McCarthy
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Perez Prado with Juan Bruno Tarrazaz (Cuba) and Chamaco Dominquez (Mexico)
What Mambo looked like
Between Swing Jazz and Rock and Roll, there was Mambo
– Ken McCarthy
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Info about Aldo’s education project for drummers KOSA
– Ken McCarthy
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Arturo Ortiz on keyboards
Camilo Molina on drums
Nicky Marrero on timbales
Little Johnny Rivero on congas and
El Maestro Eddie Palmieri on piano.
– Ken McCarthy
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