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Jelly Roll Morton identified “the Latin tinge” as a major component in the development of jazz.  Now, the rhythms and sounds of Latin music can be heard in the long-awaited Malian-Cuban collaboration that was meant to take place when the Buena Vista Social Club was born – “AfroCubism.”

Jelly Roll Morton identified “the Latin tinge” as a major component in the development of jazz.  Now, the rhythms and sounds of Latin music can be heard in the long-awaited Malian-Cuban collaboration that was meant to take place when the Buena Vista Social Club was born – “AfroCubism.”