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Havana Jam ’79
Havana Jam ’79 is an hour-long documentary written, pro- tiago de Cuba, Conjunto Yaguarimú, Frank Emilio, Juan
duced and directed in 2009 by Cuban author, journalist Pablo Torres, Los Papines, Tata Güines, Percusión cubana,
and filmmaker Ernesto Juan Castellanos. Sara González, Pablo Milanés, Manguaré, and Orquesta
It tells the story of the celebration of the historic Aragón, from the Cuban side.
three-day Havana Jam festival at the Karl Marx Theater, Ernesto Juan Castellanos also shot, produced and di-
in Havana, Cuba, from 2–4 March 1979, sponsored by rected the documentary Barefoot on Abbey Road.
Bruce Lundvall, the president of Columbia Records, Jerry
Masucci, the president of Fania Records, and the Cuban
Ministry of Culture.
External links
The documentary includes interviews with some of • http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/mclaughlin/disc/full/
the Cuban musicians who participated, as well as critics 54.html
and some who were in the audience. • http://top80.pl/disc/artist/Weather+Report
Havana Jam ’79 recreates the performances by • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiNejMMGc94
Weather Report, the CBS Jazz All-Stars, the Trio of Doom,
Fania All-Stars, Stephen Stills, Billy Swan, Bonnie Bram-
lett, Mike Finnegan, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge and
See also
Billy Joel from the American side, as well as Irakere, Pa- • Cinema of Cuba
cho Alonso, Zaida Arrate, Elena Burke, Orquesta de San-
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Categories:
• 2009 films
• Cuban films
• Spanish-language films
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