Friday, September 28, 2007

Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca

In 1947 Dizzy and his Cuban percussionist Chano Pozo invented a style of music called cu-bop and combination of afro-Cuban rhythyms and be-bop. The classic work written by them is called Manteca. Here's a classic performance of Manteca by Dizzy from 1982.

1 comment:

Val Prieto said...

One of my all time favorite tunes.