Cuban Old Timers / hosted by Leonard Pitts Jr.| production engineer Len Perskie| produced by Elisabeth Perez Luna. - SERIES: The Music of Miami| no. 9 Thirteen part radio series featuring the music and thoughts of Miami musicians and composers. Features interviews with musicians and composers, as well as live and recorded music and archival material. - CONTENT: Profile of bassist virtuoso Israel 'Cachao' Lopez, who along with his brother Orestes Lopez, invented the Mambo. He later developed the 'descarga,' an improvisational Latin jam session. Also features veteran drummers Mongo Santamaria and Luis Miranda. - BROADCAST: Satellite, 1 Dec. 1995. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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