Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods
by Dizzy Gillespie & Machito
- Type: Album
- Released: September 1976
- Label: Pablo
- Country: United States
- Length: 32:06
- Community rating: 4.07/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A joyous reunion between two fundamental architects of Latin jazz, arranged and composed primarily by Chico O'Farrill. The sessions feature Machito's fiery orchestra providing an explosive, polyrhythmic backdrop for Dizzy Gillespie's soaring trumpet solos. The complex, suite-like compositions successfully synthesize the rhythmic intensity of Cuban music with the sophisticated harmony of big band bebop.
Genres
Descriptors: complex, technical, instrumental, rhythmic, percussive, orchestral, fusion
Tracklist
Credits
- Dizzy Gillespie - primary artist, soloist
- Machito - primary artist, leader
- Mauricio Smith - alto saxophone, flute, piccolo flute
- Leslie Yahonikan - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
- Bob Stewart - bass tuba
- Mario P. Grillo - bongos, cowbell
- Chico O'Farrill - composed by, conductor, arranged by, written-by
- Papo Pepin - congas