御大マリオ・バウサと、彼が率いたアフロ・キューバンジャズ・オーケストラ による1993年作 “After the highly successful CD “TANGA” (Timba 59789TR) “My Time Is Now” was the second production with the legendary inventor of Latin Jazz. Mario Bauz was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1911 and initially learned the clarinet. In 1926 he went to New York to record some Cuban “danzones”. However, his artistic career changed direction radically when he turned his attention to jazz. Subsequently he performed with the big band of drummer Chick Webb, one of the hottest musicians from the swing era, and within a year he had become ist musical director. While he was still working with Webb he introduced him to a young female singer who had just won an award at an amateur contest in Harlem: Ella Fitzgerald. That was Ella’s first break. Bauza stayed with Webb until 1938 and then played with Don Reedman and Fletcher Henderson before joining Cab Calloway’s Band in 1939. Cab then began using Cuban rhythms, as we can hear on “Rhapsody In Rumba” and “Goin’ Conga”.
ソングリスト
1.El Manisero
2.Memories
3.La Vida Es Un Sueno
4.Jack The Knife
5.Cachando
6.Asi No, Papa
7.Ifa
8.Somos Novios (Imposible)
9.Paz Profundo
10.Al Fin
11.Yamasa
MARIO BAUZA & AFRO CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA / マリオ・バウサ & アフロ・キューバン・ジャズ・オーケストラ
