Fernando Trueba presents his love affair with Latin jazz, his camera following 13 giants into the studio. Trueba drapes walls with single colors - red for Jerry González and the Fort Apache band, white for Tito Puente; his camera is close to faces, instruments, hands, and feet; bands’ colors contrast with walls or their leader’s clothes. Chucho Valdés does a pyrotechnic solo then joins his aged father Bebo for a subdued duet. Puntilla Ríos takes us to Africa, Chano Domínguez to a marriage of jazz and Flamenco, and Eliane Elias, her shoe-less foot on the pedal, to gorgeous and muscular elegance. With Paquito, Cachao, Patato, Chico, Gato, and Michel Camilo, we travel Calle 54. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.6/10 | |
Released: | October 6, 2000 | |
Runtime: | 105 min | |
Genres: | Documentary Music | |
Companies: | Miramax Films | |
Cast: | Joe Gonzales Rolando Guerrero Arturo O'Farrill Jim Seeley | |
Crew: | Fernando Trueba | |
Rix : Contains spoilers. Click to show. Fun watch!, Glad it wasn't 🎄time in this film! It didn't remind me of "Die Hard" at all..