The Afro-Cubans were a Latin jazz band founded by Machito in 1940; often billed as Machito and his Afro-Cubans. Their musical director, and an important musical innovator, was Mario Bauzá, Machito's brother-in-law.
The Afro-Cubans combined Cuban music with orchestrations derived from swing. As well, the Afro-Cubans played with and incorporated the music of many important figures in contemporary jazz, including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Flip Phillips, and Buddy Rich; but the association went both ways, as the Latin rhythms of the Afro-Cubans strongly influenced the jazz scene in New York.
After making some early 78s for Decca, the Afro-Cubans began to increase in popularity towards the end of World War II, appearing with—and no doubt influencing -- Stan Kenton's orchestra. (Machito played maracas on Kenton's recordings of "The Peanut Vendor" and "Cuban Carnival") and recorded for Mercury and Clef. On Bauzá's urging, Machito's band featured a galaxy of American jazz soloists on its recordings from 1948 to 1960, including Charlie Parker (heard memorably on "No Noise"), Dizzy Gillespie, Flip Phillips, Howard McGhee, Buddy Rich, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Mann, Curtis Fuller and Johnny Griffin. Playing regularly at New York's Palladium, Machito's band reached its peak of popularity during the mambo craze of the 1950s, survived the upheavals of the '60s and despite the loss of Bauzá in 1976, continued to work frequently in the '60s, '70s, and early '80s when the term "salsa" came into use. The band recorded for Pablo (in tandem with Gillespie) and Timeless in its later years.
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He was born on February 29
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I was given this riddle by my parents yesterday ;-;
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"Spies like us"
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In 1984, McCartney wrote and produced the musical Give My Regards to Broad Street, a film in which he also starred and starred by Starr. Disdained by critics, Variety described the film as “without personality, without emotion, and without meaning.” Film critic Roger Ebert granted him a single star and wrote: “You can skip the movie and go directly to the soundtrack.” The album was much better received, reaching number one in the United Kingdom and producing the single "No More Lonely Nights", with David Gilmour on the guitar, which reached sixth place on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1985, Warner Brothers commissioned McCartney to write a song for the movie "Spies like us." He composed and recorded the main theme in four days, with the co-production of Phil Ramone.
