A Great Interview Given by Dizzy Gilespie in Havana

Friends here's a great interview given by Dizzy Gilespie in Havana, Cuba c. the late 70s (Reportedly at the house of Chano Pozo's sister) discussing the influence of Cuban muzic on Jazz and North American music in general. One of the things he tells the interviewer is...

"out of all the music in this hemesphere, that has come into jazz, our music, Cuban music has the biggest... made the biggest impact"...

This video segment comes from a longer documentary by the Cuban film institute ICAIC called simply "La Rumba". (The DVD should be available from the actual poster of this video).

I'm going to be talking about the different ways that Cuban music has influenced the majority of North American and Pop music from all over the world from Japanese Shamisen music to Indian Bollywood to The Beatles, The Stones and so much more. In fact the infuence is so pervasive that it goes unnoticed today. Tune in here to find out some interesting facts about the music we love to listen to.

Fore more interesting videos about Cuban music, check out some of the videos I've curated on our Favorites page on YouTube right here...

http://www.youtube.com/user/CubanFeeling

Thanks for reading friends and stay tuned for more interesting tidbits about this great music.

Ache!
Ulises