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Cuba Special

Alyn Shipton is joined by Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval to choose key recordings in Cuban Jazz including music from Dizzy Gillespie, Machito, Cubanismo and Sandoval himself.

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Fri 8 Jun 200722:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Irakere

    Moja El Pan

    Composer: Not given

    • Irakere.
    • Jazcuba/Rumor Records.
    • 505101 1 958823.

  • Dizzy Gillespie

    Cubano Be – Cubano Bop

    Composer: Gillespie/Pozo/Russell

    • Dizzy Gillespie 1946-1949.
    • RCA Jazz Tribune.
    • ND 89763.

  • Charlie parker/Machito

    Movt 2: Mambo from Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite

    Composer: O’Farrill

    • Machito: Relax and Mambo.
    • Living Era.
    • AJA 5602.

  • Machito

    Nague

    Composer: Pozo

    • Ritmo Caliente: Machito and his Afro-Cubans.
    • Proper.
    • Properbox 48.

  • Irakere

    Summertime

    Composer: Gershwin

    • Irakere.
    • Jazcuba/Rumor Records.
    • 505101.

  • Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna

    El Manisero

    Composer: Simon

    • Orquesta Cubana De Musica Moderna.
    • Jazcuba/Rumor Records.
    • 5101195932.

  • Gua Pacha

    Mi Existir

    Composer: Not given

    • Guapacha with Chucho Valdes and his Combo.
    • JazzCuba.
    • 5101195872.

  • Peruchín

    Tenderly

    Composer: Not given

    • JazzCuba sampler.
    • JazzCuba.Rumor.
    • PRO 16217.

  • Arturo Sandoval

    Blues in Fa

    Composer: Gillespie

    • For Love Or Country (soundtrack).
    • Atlantic.
    • 83419.

  • Arturo Sandoval

    Manteca

    Composer: Gillespie

    • For Love or Country (soundtrack).
    • Atlantic.
    • 83419.

  • ¡Cubanismo!

    Mar y Tierra

    Composer: Valle

    • Malembe.
    • Hannibal / Rykodisc.
    • 3125714112.

Broadcast

  • Fri 8 Jun 200722:30
    BBC Radio 3