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Afro-Cuban Jazz Show

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This week, we have been checking out some sounds from Cuba, Afro-Cuban Jazz and other Latin Jazz works from the 1950s to today.

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  • Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 01:30
  • Julio Gutierrez "Theme On Cha Cha Cha" from The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions (Panart Records) 03:15
  • Nino Rivera "Guanguanco—Comparsa" from The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions (Panart Records) 07:47
  • Buena Vista Social Club "Chan Chan" from Buena Vista Social Club (World Circuit) 15:16
  • Rubén González "" from Introducing... Rubén González (World Circuit) 19:24
  • David Virelles "Bodas de Oro" from Igbó Alákọrin (The Singer's Grove) Vol. I and II (Pi Records) 0:23:59
  • David Amram "Havana/New York" from Havana/New York The Historic U.S.-Cuban musical exchange of 1977 (Flying FIsh) 29:51
  • Mongo Santamaria and his Band "El Toro" from Mongo at the Village Gate (Battle) 35:53
  • Hilton Ruiz "The Sidewinder" from "Strut (Novus) 42:07
  • Aymée Nuviola "Obsesión" from Havana Nocturne (Worldwide Entertainment) 49:24
  • Dafnis Prieto Sí o Sí Quartet "Humanoid" from 3 Sides of tghe Coin (Dafnison Music) 47:46
  • Sullivan Fortner "Tres Palabras" from Southern Nights (Artwork Records) 1:01:40
  • Zaccai Curtis "Woody'n You" from Cubpo Lives (Truth Revolution Recording Collective) 1:08:17
  • Chucho Valdes "Punto Cubano" from Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue note) 1:08:17
  • Machito and His Orchestra "The Afro-Cuban Suite" from Afro-Cuban Jazz (Verve) 1:20:10
  • Kenny Dorham "Afrodisia" from Afro-Cuban (Blue Note) 1:35:10
  • Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra "Toccata" from Gillespiana (Verve) 1:40:12
  • Omara Portuondo "No me vayas a engaar" from Buena Vista Social Club Omara Portuondo (World Circuit) 1:53:20
  • Erroll Garner "Mambo Blues" from Mambo Moves Garner (Mercury) 1:56:13

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