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Latin Jazz: la combinación perfecta

During a historic 1977 visit to Havana several American jazz musicians, including Stan Getz and Dizzy Gillespie (center), shared the stage with members of the Irakere band and the Cuban percusion ensemble Los Papines. Photograph © Ira Sabin

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Pianist Red Garland born 1923 in Dallas, TX.
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Louis Armstrong records S.O.L. Blues, 1927.
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Arranger/composer Gil Evans born 1912 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and records Priestess, 1977.

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