Latin Jazz, part 2: theme broadcast of the Latin Jazz architect: Mario Bauzá (1911-1993). Recordings from the 1940s of Machito and his Afro Cubans. With Howard McGhee, Zoot Sims and Charlie Parker. Special big band recordings by Chick Webb with Mario Bauzá. And attention for the 20th anniversary of drummer Lucas van Merwijk’s Cubop City Big Band.
Sources:
Chick Webb and his Orchestra: The Kings of Jazz Big Bands
Machito and his Afro-Cubans: Machito
Machito and Charlie Parker: The Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite
Cubop City Big Band: Arsenio
Brew Moore: The Kerouac Collection
