Machito and His Afro-Cubans - Selected Transcriptions |
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| Artist:
| Machito and his Afro-Cubans, |
| Editor:
| Austerlitz, Paul
Laukkanen, Jere |
| Series title: | Recent Researches in American Music Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-89579-828-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2016 |
| Publisher: | A-R Editions
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $200.00 |
Book Description:
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http://www.areditions.com/machito-and-his-afro-cubans-selected-transcriptions-mu26-a078.html Machito (Francisco Raúl Grillo, 1909¿1984) and Mario Bauzá (1911¿1993) created the band Machito and his Afro-Cubans, which forged vital pan-African connections by fusing Afro-Cuban rhythms with modern jazz and by collaborating with major figures in the bebop movement. The transcriptions from Machito¿s recordings presented in this volume meticulously illustrate the improvised as well as scored...
More Descriptionhttp://www.areditions.com/machito-and-his-afro-cubans-selected-transcriptions-mu26-a078.html Machito (Francisco Raúl Grillo, 1909¿1984) and Mario Bauzá (1911¿1993) created the band Machito and his Afro-Cubans, which forged vital pan-African connections by fusing Afro-Cuban rhythms with modern jazz and by collaborating with major figures in the bebop movement. The transcriptions from Machito¿s recordings presented in this volume meticulously illustrate the improvised as well as scored vocal, reed, brass, and percussion parts of the music.