Rebecca is joined by Cuban music scholar Robin Moore to delve into the long and deep history of the Cuban danzón, including its links with American jazz, the ways it was initially denigrated as too "African" by elites, how it was eventually fused with other Cuban popular music genres, and how it came to be one of the most beloved genres in Mexico. 

Songs played in the episode: 
El Sungambelo
Las Alturas de Simpson
Campoamor, Frank Emilio Flynn
La Patti Negra, Orquesta Pablo Valenzuela
El bombín de Barreto
Almendra, Abelardo Valdés
Recordando Veracruz, Alejandro Cardona
Mi gran pasión, Gonzalo Rubalcaba

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Intro and outro music: "Bengo Latino," Jimmy Fontanez/Media Right Productions