Thursday, December 29, 2011

Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba

Dizzy Gillespie was as responsible as anyone for wedding Latin to Afro jazz rhythms in post WWII NYC starting a musical ripple that ultimately spread around the world.  That's just one of the reasons why Dizzy Gillespie should be universally revered. This is a performance of his classic 1947 composition, "Manteca", performed in Cuba in 1988 with a dream band featuring trumpeter Arturo Sandoval behind him. 


Manteca Part 1

Manteca Part 2


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