Chucho Valdés
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Las Lunas del Auditorio
A joyful tale filled with music. The rise of radio. The jazz big bands. The legendary clubs and ballrooms. The soundtracks of the great musical films and TV shows. Sex and romance, gangsters, luxury cars and palm trees. From Barcelona to New York, with a stop in Cuba. The birth of Las Vegas. The sound of the maracas. Chihuahuas everywhere. The incredible life story of Xavier Cugat (1900-90).
Sex, Maracas & Chihuahuas
Based on the life of Benny Moré, the film concentrates on a period in the early 1950s when Moré leaves the orchestra of Duany and starts his own 'Banda Gigante'. In flashback we learn of his success in Mexico. Moré is caught in the events connected to Batista's coup in Cuba. Also, he tours Venezuela, where he suffers the machinations of a vengeful businessman. After collapsing and being hospitalised, Moré swears off alcohol. Some years later, he encounters his old band-mate Monchy, fallen on hard times.
El Benny
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Esteban
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Contigo en la distancia
The history of Latin jazz in Cuba from the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna to Irakere.
Manteca, mondongo y bacalao con pan: una mirada al jazz cubano
A testimony about Afro-Cuban popular music from its origins to the present day.