He was important in the first generation of Afro-Cuban jazz.
The month covered his career, from small groups, to Afro-Cuban jazz to a big band.
By the 1950s, Afro-Cuban jazz had been using modes for at least a decade.
But Afro-Cuban jazz is the obvious place to start.
Afro-Cuban jazz was considered bebop-oriented, and some musicians classified it as a modern style.
The music, Afro-Cuban jazz, is almost ridiculously complex, and not just in the percussion parts.
The new wave of Afro-Cuban jazz became global.
For a history of the first wave of Afro-Cuban jazz as well as what it came from, this is the place to look.
This double bill presents two vectors into Afro-Cuban jazz.
Afro-Cuban jazz was successful because it never decreased in popularity and it always attracted people to dance to its unique rhythms.