Research Catalog

Title

Routes of rhythm, part 2 [electronic resource]

Publication

c1989.

Details

Additional Authors

• Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023.
• Oviedo, Isaac, 1902-
• López, Orestes, 1908-
• Jorrín, Enrique.
• Rosow, Eugene.
• Dratch, Howard.
• Blank, Les.
• Tropicana (Night club : Havana, Cuba)

Description

1 streaming video file (NTSC) (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences.

Summary

Part 2 of a three-part documentary on the history and development of Afro-Cuban music in Cuba and the United States, profusely illustrated with footage of ritual, social, and theatrical music and dance, drawn from archival sources or filmed on location.

Subjects

• Television > Routes of rhythm
• Variety dancing > Cuba
• Latin Americans
• Processions
• Dance > Cuba
• Music > Cuba
• Music > Latin America
• Cha-cha (Dance)
• Mambo (Dance)
• Rumba (Dance)
• Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
• Handy, W. C (William Christopher), 1873-1958
• Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869

Note

• Presented by KCET-TV/Los Angeles. Producers/directors: Eugene Rosow and Howard Dratch. New York and Cuban music and dance sequences directed and photographed by Les Blank. Writer: Linda Post. Host: Harry Belafonte.

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding (note)

• Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Contents

CONTENTS: Development of Afro-Cuban music in Cuba, its relationship to political events, and its discovery by American visitors such as Louis Moreau Gottschalk. Interviews with and/or performances by the Martí Sisters; guitarist Isaac Oviedo; Orestes López, who composed the first mambo; and Enrique Jorrín, composer of the first cha-cha-cha; and the Orquesta Anacaona, an all-female group of singers and musicians. The blending of jazz and Cuban music is traced, from its beginnings in the 1880s with W. C. Handy and its continuation in the 1920s with Louis Armstrong. Dances depicted include the rumba, mambo, and cha-cha-cha, as well as dance performances at the Tropicana nightclub in Havana and at a parade.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 3218

OCLC

NYPY936006849-F

Title

Routes of rhythm, part 2 [electronic resource]

Imprint

c1989.

Funding

Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3385 cassette 2.

Additional Copy: None.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Variety dancing -- Cuba.

Television. Routes of rhythm.

Added Author

Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023. Host

Oviedo, Isaac, 1902- Performer

López, Orestes, 1908- Performer

Jorrín, Enrique. Performer

Rosow, Eugene. Producer. Director

Dratch, Howard. Producer. Director

Blank, Les. Director

Tropicana (Night club : Havana, Cuba)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 3218

*MGZIC 9-3385 cassette 2 (former)