Cuban
Fire - A Classic Jazz recording! Composer-arranger Johnny Richards
created the music for this concept album, recorded in 1956. It required
a very large band for its execution, combining Stan Kenton's usual brass
emphasis with five Latin percussionists led by Willie Rodriguez on bongos.
Mamborama
- Cuban music is a myriad of styles and genres, with a long history.
Music
Of Cuba - Music in Cuba is a pioneering chronicle of the historical
confluence of two musical streams, from Europe and Africa, that produced
the special richness of the Cuban musical tradition.
