Chile SCDA » cuban music http://www.chilescda.org The website of the Chilean Community in South Yorkshire Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:28:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Latin Music USA: East Side Story http://www.chilescda.org/2010/01/east-side-story/ http://www.chilescda.org/2010/01/east-side-story/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:01:51 +0000 peds http://www.chilescda.org/?p=1320 The first of a four-part series revealing the deep musical and social impact of Latin music in the USA.

The massive success of Santana’s innovative latin-blues at the Woodstock Festival leads back in time to the first Cuban immigrants arriving, with their Afro-Cuban music, into the States. Using feature film clips, rare archive and location filming, the programme reveals how Afro-Cuban music has impacted – since early last century – on jazz, pop rhythms and dance styles.

Friday, 21:00 on BBC Four

Featuring Carlos Santana, Cachao, Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie and the greatest names in Afro-Cuban music.


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