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Star at Blue Note New York
Courtesy of Blue Note New York | Posted on December 7, 2017
Where
Blue Note New York
131 West Third Street
New York, NY
Map
212-475-8592
When
Tue, April 17, 2018
8:00 pm
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Musicians
The Dizzy Gillespie Afro Cuban All-Star Experience
About
THE DIZZY GILLESPIE AFRO CUBAN ALL-STAR EXPERIENCE
Dizzy Gillespie was introduced to Chano Pozo in 1947 by Mario Bauza. Both became life-long friends and Dizzy and Chano Pozo developed Afro-Cuban jazz, which became extremely successful, attracting people to dance to its unique rhythms. Gillespie's most famous contributions to Afro-Cuban music are the compositions "Manteca" and "Tin Tin Deo".
Machito's Afro Cubans (formed in 1940), the creators of Cu-Bop, were a major influence on musicians like Dizzy Gillespie. Dizzy loved it so much, that in 1975, he invited Machito's son, Mario Grillo or Machito Jr., to join Dizzy's band for the recording of Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods'...