This
documentary traces the rise of Latin and Afro-Cuban Jazz and the
explosion of the Mambo and the Cha Cha Cha as they sweep the US from
East to West. Latin Music infiltrates R&B and Rock and Roll through
the 1960s.
Starting in the USA with Latin Jazz and Mambo madness,
Latin sounds spread to R&B and Rock. 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.
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Explora el nacimiento y evolucion del Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz:
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From its birth in New Orleans to its heyday in New York, Jazz has been deeply influenced by Latino musicians, especially those playing Afro-Cuban rhythms. It's impossible to imagine Jazz without this Latin influence, or as Jazz great Jelly Roll Morton called it, the "Spanish tinge". Latin Jazz emerged as a separate genre in the New York clubs of the 1940s, where orchestras like Machito & His Afro-Cubans held court. This new sound was built on an Afro-Cuban rhythmic core, but added Jazz arrangements and improvisation on top. It wasn't long before non-Latino Jazz musicians began paying attention, most notably Dizzy Gillespie. He liked the sound so much that he added Cuban conga player Chano Pozo to his band. Congas soon appeared in other Jazz bands, infusing their songs with the clave rhythms at the heart of Afro-Cuban music. By the 1960s, Latin Jazz had become a multifaceted genre, including: vibraphonist Cal Tjader's cool sound from San Francisco; Tito Puente's hot dance music in New York; Stan Getz's Bossa Nova collaborations with Brazilians Tom Jobim and Joao Gilberto; and New Yorker Eddie Palmieri's innovative trombone arrangements that hinted at the Salsa explosion of the 70s. The tradition of playing Jazz melodies over Latin rhythms is very alive today, as Latin Jazz remains an essential part of the Jazz world.
The Mambo is an up-tempo dance music that appeared in Cuba in the late 1930s, and which by 1950 had taken the Latin dance world by storm. It is characterized by big band arrangements where multiple saxophones play repeated syncopated phrases, blaring trumpets punctuate the beat, all over a full rhythm and percussion section. In Cuba, the Mambo emerged from much smaller bands that fused elements of Son into the Danzón. The Mambo's tremendous popularity didn't come from Cuba, but from two cities where the music took root: New York City and Mexico City. In New York, Cuban pianist and arranger René Hernandez adapted the Mambo rhythm to the big band sound of Machito & His Afro-Cubans, establishing what would become the dominant sound of Latin New York. In Mexico, Cuban pianist and bandleader Dámaso Pérez Prado developed a dissonant, tense, unmistakable brand of Mambo that swept across Latin America and the United States. Accompanied by a sultry partner dance that appeared in New York's Mambo clubs, Mambo Madness peaked in the U.S. in the 1950s, and faded as Rock & Roll appeared, and the Cuban Revolution changed the U.S.-Cuba relationship.
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.
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