Rebecca is joined by Raul Fernandez, author of Latin Jazz: La Combinación Perfecta,  to discuss the musicians who created Afro-Cuban jazz in the 1940s, and the way this movement paved the way for Latin jazz. 

Songs played:
Tanga, Machito & His Afro-Cubans
U-Bla-Ba-Du, Graciela with Machito's band
The Peanut Vendor, Stan Kenton  
Manteca, Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo
Guachi Guaro, Cal Tjader
Watermelon Man, Mongo Santamaria
Afro-Blue, Mongo Santamaria

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