The term Afro-Cuban refers to Cubans of Sub Saharan African ancestry, and to historical or cultural elements in Cuba thought to emanate from this community. The term can refer to the combining of African and other cultural elements found in Cuban society such as religion, music, language, the arts, and class culture.
During the 1920s and 1930s Cuba experienced a movement geared towards Afro-Cuban culture called Afrocubanismo. The movement had a large impact on Cuban literature, poetry, painting, music, and sculpture. It was the first artistic campaign in Cuba that focused on one particular theme: black culture. Specifically it highlighted the struggle for independence from Spain, black slavery, and building a purely Cuban national identity. Its goal was to incorporate African folklore and rhythm into traditional modes of art.
The movement evolved from an interest in the rediscovery of African heritage. It developed in two very different stages. The first stage stemmed from European artists and intellectuals who were interested in African art and musical folk forms. This stage paralleled the Harlem Renaissance in New York, Négritude in the French Caribbean, and coincided with stylistic European Vanguard (like cubism and its representation of African masks). It was characterized by the participation of white intellectuals like Cubans Alejo Carpentier, Fortunato Vizcarrondo and Lydia Cabrera, Puerto Rican Luis Palés Matos, and Spaniards Pablo Picasso and Roger de Lauria. The African-inspired art that was produced in this early part of the movement was extremely picturesque but lacked a true understanding of black culture. The art tended to represent Afro-Cubans with cliché images like a black man sitting beneath a palm tree with a cigar.
Charles Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), also known as Yardbird and Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.
Parker acquired the nickname "Yardbird" early in his career and the shortened form, "Bird", which continued to be used for the rest of his life, inspiring the titles of a number of Parker compositions, such as "Yardbird Suite", "Ornithology", "Bird Gets the Worm", and "Bird of Paradise."
Parker was a highly influential jazz soloist and a leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and improvisation. Parker introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas, including rapidly passing chords, new variants of altered chords, and chord substitutions. His tone ranged from clean and penetrating to sweet and somber. Many Parker recordings demonstrate virtuosic technique and complex melodic lines, combining jazz with other musical genres, including blues, Latin, and classical.
Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual, rather than an entertainer.
Afro-Cuban Jazz Project, Campiña
Afro-Cuban All Star - A Toda Cuba Le Gusta [Full Album]
Black Beauty in Cuba
★ ★ AFRO LATIN PARTY ★ ★
Machito & Charlie Parker - The Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite
Chucho Valdes & The Afro-Cuban Messengers - Jazz à Vienne Live (2010)
Afro Cuban Jazz Mix 2013
Juan de Marcos Gonzales Afro Cuban All Stars in concert
Machito & His Afro-Cubans - Ritmo Caliente
Afro Cuban All Stars - Habana Del Este
Afro Cuban Rumba music and dance -- havana, cuba
Juan de Marcos and The Afro-Cuban All Stars Live on KPLU
Afro-Cubans Pray For Fidel
Afro Cubans All Stars -Juan De Marcos -Live Japan
Afro-Cuban Jazz Project, Campiña
Afro-Cuban All Star - A Toda Cuba Le Gusta [Full Album]
Black Beauty in Cuba
★ ★ AFRO LATIN PARTY ★ ★
Machito & Charlie Parker - The Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite
Chucho Valdes & The Afro-Cuban Messengers - Jazz à Vienne Live (2010)
Afro Cuban Jazz Mix 2013
Juan de Marcos Gonzales Afro Cuban All Stars in concert
Machito & His Afro-Cubans - Ritmo Caliente
Afro Cuban All Stars - Habana Del Este
Afro Cuban Rumba music and dance -- havana, cuba
Juan de Marcos and The Afro-Cuban All Stars Live on KPLU
Afro-Cubans Pray For Fidel
Afro Cubans All Stars -Juan De Marcos -Live Japan
Afro-Cuban Jazz - NYC
Afro Cuban All Stars Alto Songo
Amor Verdadero - Afro Cuban All Stars
Afro Cuban All Stars - Amor Verdadero
Machito & His Afro Cubans Tanga EN VIVO
NAGUE machito and his afro-cubans
Guem - Rythmes Afro Cubans
Espantoso Machito & His Afro-Cubans- Mambo Mucho Mambo
mario bauza y afro cuban jazz orq. tanga.
Afro Cuban All Star
Mario Bauza & His Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra - Leverkusener Jazztage 1992
Coming Home: Sacred Spaces and Diaspora in Afro-Cuban Women's Religious Culture
Afro Cuban and Benin Selection "The Power of the Spirit"
MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra directed by Bobby Sanabria (2nd set)
Afrocuba de Matanzas - Moquekeré Okagua, Atencion Cubanos (2CD+DVD 2013)
Afro Cuban All Stars - At the Salon of Dreams (Qué Tengo Pa' Tí)
Black in Latin America, Cuba: The Next Revolution
Afro-Cuban Oktober Fest: Master Class with Sergio Larrinaga & Mari Luz Fuentes
2-0 Afro-Cuban Jazz (Whole Show)
Wednesday Lunch at the Divinity School with Stephan Palmie
Afro Cuban All Stars en el Festival Cultural Sinaloa 2011.wmv
Salsa En La Calle Presents Frank Grillo Machito Y Mario Bauza
La Santeria en Matanzas, Cuba: An Interview with Alfredo Calvo
Documental "En Clave" - Musica Cubana, Rumba y Jazz Afrocubano
Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros w/ Zon del Barrio en Central Park, NY
Mamboscope
Tururato
Tanga 2
Tanga 3
Relax and mambo
Adivinanza
Cleopatra Rumba (Desert Dance)
Que vengan los rumberos
Nagüe
Hava nagila
Zambia 2
Zambia 3
Consternacion
Mambo A La Savoy
Mambo Infierno
Llora Timbero
Mambo Inn
Escucha Mi Canto
Ay Que Mate
Holiday Mambo
Picadillo
El cumbanchero
Dónde va María_