Legendary Musician Mario Bauzá, director of the band Afro-Cubans and composer of the 1943 smash hit “Tanga,” blended jazz with Afro-Cuban influence to huge success in the United States. Born in 1911, Bauzá grew up in Havana, where he took to music at a young age. Nine-year-old Bauzá played clarinet in the Havana Philharmonic Orchestra. […]
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