African America

Finally, we are openly acknowledging the contributions of the African-American culture. In my childhood, the music industry was still trying to keep music separate. Now it becomes interesting to look at the origin of various threads and how the texture of the music is colored by the weaves to enrich our society.
Recently, I watched the biopic of Arturo Sandoval, Cuban Jazz trumpeter, "For Love or Country". African drums and dance preserved in the barrios of Havana influenced Dizzy Gillespie, who helped bring our hero out into the world.
As far as Arturo Sandoval was concerned, the traditional mixture, the Mambos and Boleros that I adore, were not to his taste, so I'm not buying his music. He has a jazz club in Miami Beach that we didn't go into (for $33 per person.)