Dizzy Gillespie and Mario Bauza walk into a bar... and birth an entire musical revolution.
This film is an odyssey through the eyes, words and music of individuals who pioneered Afro-Cuban music in the United States. The video offers a rich overview of a wide number of musical styles from "Cubop" to Salsa, Big Band to jazz, and of musicians from Chano Ponzo to Tito Puente and Desi Arnaz to Johnny Colon. It examines the significant role of women performers and contains interviews with Mario Bauza and Dizzy Gillespie as they reveal the parallel course of jazz with the "latin sound".
Direction
Paredes lets legends speak for themselves.
Editing
Seamless cuts between archival gems.
Production
Rare footage that should be in museums.
Director
Gustavo Paredes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mario Bauza coined 'Cubop' and essentially created the bridge between Cuban clave and American jazz, yet died in relative obscurity in 1993.
The film captures Gillespie at peak reflective energy, just years before his 1993 death — making this essentially a musical eulogy in motion.
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