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John Santos & The Machete Ensemble: 20th Anniversary

by Forrest Dylan Bryant
August 28, 2005

John Santos & The Machete Ensemble 20th Anniversary Machete Records 2005 When percussionist John Santos founded the Machete Ensemble in 1985--back then it was called the Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble--he probably had no idea that he was creating an institution. With a difficult mission of blending jazz, folkloric, and dance idioms ...