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Selected transcriptions / Machito and his Afro-Cubans ; edited by Paul Austerlitz and Jere Laukkanen.
- Format:
- Musical score
- Series:
- Recent researches in American music ; 78.
- Music of the United States of America ; 26.
- Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.
- Recent researches in American music ; 78
- Music of the United States of America ; Volume 26
- Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Machito.
- Bauzá, Mario, 1911-1993.
- Bauzá, Mario.
- Afro-Cubans (Musical group).
- Latin jazz--New York (State)--New York--Scores.
- Latin jazz.
- Big band music--Scores.
- Big band music.
- Genre:
- Latin jazz.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 score (lvi, 369 pages, 3 pages of plates)) : portraits.
- Other Title:
- Machito and his Afro-Cubans : selected transcriptions
- Place of Publication:
- Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2016.
- Language Note:
- Spanish words, also printed as texts with English translations.
- Staff notation.
- Summary:
- "Machito (Francisco Raúl Grillo, 1909-1984) was born into a musical family in Havana, Cuba, and was already an experienced vocalist when he arrived in New York City in 1937. In 1940 he teamed up with his brother-in-law, the Cuban trumpeter Mario Bauzá (1911-1993), who had already made a name for himself with top African American swing bands such as those of Chick Webb and Cab Calloway. Together, Machito and Bauzá formed Machito and his Afro-Cubans. With Bauzá as musical director, the band forged vital pan-African connections by fusing Afro-Cuban rhythms with modern jazz and by collaborating with major figures in the bebop movement. Highly successful with Latino as well as black and white audiences, Machito and his Afro-Cubans recorded extensively and performed in dance halls, nightclubs, and on the concert stage. In this volume, ethnomusicologist Paul Austerlitz and bandleader and professor Jere Laukkanen (both experienced Latin jazz performers) present transcriptions from Machito's recordings which meticulously illustrate the improvised as well as scored vocal, reed, brass, and percussion parts of the music. Austerlitz's introductory essay traces the history of Afro-Cuban jazz in New York, a style that exerted a profound impact on leaders of the bebop movement, including Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, who appears as a guest soloist with Machito on some of the music transcribed here. This is MUSA's first volume to represent the significant Latino heritage in North American music." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Tanga / composer, Mario Bauzá ; lyricist, Machito (recorded probably December 14, 1950)
- Que vengan los rumberos / composer, Gilberto Valdés ; arranger, José "Pin" Madera ; lyricist, Gilberto Valdés, with improvised sections by Machito (recorded 1941)
- Hall of the mambo king / composer, Edvard Grieg ; arranger, José "Pin" Madera (recorded December 1949)
- Mango mangüé / composer, Gilberto Valdés ; arranger, René Hernández ; lyricist, Gilberto Valdés (recorded December 20, 1948)
- Frenzy / composers, Mario Bauzá and René Hernández ; arranger, Ahmad Khatab Salim (recorded December 17, 19, or 24, 1957)
- Caso perdido / composer, Luis Varona ; arranger, Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill ; lyricist, unknown (recorded 1961)
- The Afro-Cuban jazz suite / composer, Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill (recorded December 20, 1948, or December 21, 1950).
- Notes:
- Latin jazz.
- Transcribed (principally by Jere Laukkanen) from recordings by Machito and his Afro-Cubans.
- Includes essay by Paul Austerlitz: The Afro-Cuban impact on music in the United States : Mario Bauzá and Machito (pages xi-l).
- Includes performance and critical notes.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-369).
- Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed November 9, 2018).
- OCLC:
- 1079229408
- Publisher Number:
- A078 A-R Editions, Inc.
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