Post by Owen Y on Mar 25, 2019 9:21:17 GMT 12
I watched this excellent 1988 doco film last week.
About a (re-)visit to Cuba by Dizzy & his band, in 1985, under invitation from Fidel Castro himself.
If you like Dizzy and/or Afro-Cuban rhythms (who doesn't?), then it won't be a wasted 80-odd minutes of your time. (Even if you watch it on Youtube.)
Of course, the featured Cuban Jazz musicians, Dizzy's band & local dancers, are all splendid too.
" Part travelogue, part concert film, A Night in Havana is an enjoyable tour through the origins of Afro-Cuban jazz and one of its earliest purveyors, Dizzy Gillespie. Throughout the documentary, Dizzy tours various Cuban festivals of music and dance, smokes cigars with Fidel Castro, and waxes philosophic on his role in introducing Cuban rhythms to bebop, how his horn got turned up the way it is, and, of course, his cheeks. Featuring great renditions of Afro-Cuban jazz classics "A Night in Tunisia" and "Manteca" and guest appearances by Arturo Sandoval and a very young Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba is a breezy trip to our forbidden neighbors down south. " - Kristian St. Clair
About a (re-)visit to Cuba by Dizzy & his band, in 1985, under invitation from Fidel Castro himself.
If you like Dizzy and/or Afro-Cuban rhythms (who doesn't?), then it won't be a wasted 80-odd minutes of your time. (Even if you watch it on Youtube.)
Of course, the featured Cuban Jazz musicians, Dizzy's band & local dancers, are all splendid too.
" Part travelogue, part concert film, A Night in Havana is an enjoyable tour through the origins of Afro-Cuban jazz and one of its earliest purveyors, Dizzy Gillespie. Throughout the documentary, Dizzy tours various Cuban festivals of music and dance, smokes cigars with Fidel Castro, and waxes philosophic on his role in introducing Cuban rhythms to bebop, how his horn got turned up the way it is, and, of course, his cheeks. Featuring great renditions of Afro-Cuban jazz classics "A Night in Tunisia" and "Manteca" and guest appearances by Arturo Sandoval and a very young Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba is a breezy trip to our forbidden neighbors down south. " - Kristian St. Clair
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