Brazil – Samba
Brazilian Carnival
Shots of parades in the background
Groovy Samba
By Sergio Mendes
Samba Schools
Preparing for Carnival in Brazil
Brazil – Bossa Nova
Girl from Ipanema
Andy Williams and Antonio Carlos
The New Bossa Nova
Luciana Souza
“Bossa Nova Baby”
Elvis singing in Fun in Acapulco, 1963
“Bossa Nova Melody”
Sinatra and Jobim live, 1967
Brazil – Tropical
Tropicalia Revolution, a BBC documentary
Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7
“Soca Warriors”
Trinidad All Stars, Panorama Finals 2007
“Pan in A Minor”
Trinidad, performed by Renegades in 1987
“Marianne”
Florida State University – Mas N Steel performing in 2007
Super Mario Brothers
Performed by a steel band with good closeup shots of performers and pans
Argentina/Uruguay – Tango
World Tango Dance Championships
“Dancing with the Stars”
Dancers with music by Astor Piazzolla
“Muerte Del Angel”
Astor Piazzola, 1984 Montreal International Jazz Festival
“Concerto for Bandoneon, String Orchestra, and Percussion”
Astor Piazzola, Movement I
Bolivia/Peru – Andean music
“Carnavalito in Bolivia”
Group Sukay performing
Quechua Music and Dance
Performed for tourists in Peru
“Poqoysitu”
Musica Quechua, featuring adult and child
Mexico – Mariachi
Cielito Lindo
From an old film
Mariachi Band
In Mexico City at Mariachi Square, 2007
“Viva Obama 2008”
Mariachi group singing election song for then-candidate Barack Obama
Mariachi Cobre
The official mariachi group of Walt Disney World
Tito Puente
“Oye Como Va”
Performed at a wedding dance party – great clip
“Quimbara”
Tito Puente with Celia Cruz and Poncho Sanchez, congas.
“El Sabroso Son”
Puente playing timbales/video of a recording session
“El Cumbanchero”
1965 broadcast. Very different and historically interesting.
TV Broadcast
From the 1950’s, great footage of Tito Puente on vibraphone
Tito Rodriguez
“Perdon”
Rodriguez with Celia Cruz and Puente on timbales.
Santeria
Obatala
Footage of folkloric performance
Dances
Orquestra Guama
Charanga band from California, promotional video
Various dances
Short clips of Cuban musicians performing
“La Blusa Azul”
Video still montage of Cuban music scene of 1950s, with accompanying historic recording of the music of Enrique Jorrin
Mario Grillo
Talking about his father in a documentary about his dad’s band and the scene
Oye Como Va
“Soul Sacrifice”
Santana at Woodstock
Ruben Blades
Tito Puente Jr.
Interviewed at Latin Grammy Awards
Assorted Performances
Mambo
Perez Prado Que Rico El Mambo
“El Bodeguero”
Orquestra America De Enrique Jorrin performing with funny dancers
“Rumba Rumbero”
Chano Pozo
“La India”
Ese Hombre