Chano Pozo

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Chano Pozo · Luciano 'Chano' Pozo grew up in Havana, where he was a well-known conga player, dancer and composer for the carnival. From his youth he knew the rhythms and chants of Afro-Cuban religion. In 1947 he moved to New York, where Mario Bauzá introduced him to Dizzy Gillespie. Gillespie took him into his big band. In September 1947 they played at Carnegie Hall, and in December they recorded Manteca, a piece that Pozo and Gillespie conceived together. Pozo hardly spoke any English and taught the jazz musicians his rhythms by singing them. It was the first time a conga played such a central role in a jazz orchestra. In December 1948 he was shot dead in a bar in Harlem.

Listening

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  Manteca · Dizzy Gillespie, 1947
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  Cubana Be, Cubana Bop · Dizzy Gillespie, 1947
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  Tin Tin Deo · Dizzy Gillespie, 1951

Discography

Studio albums

• 1952James Moody and His Modernists
• 1954Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra

Other work

• 1947Manteca · Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra
• 1947Cubana Be / Cubana Bop · Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra
• 1948Tin Tin Deo

In School of Rock

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• Jazz Map^NL Map
• Mixtape 5: Jazz Festival^NL Reader
• After Hours: Session 2^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• Latin jazz GenreIn 1947 Dizzy Gillespie took the Cuban conga player Chano Pozo, who had recently moved to New York, into his big band.

See also

• Latin jazz
• Bebop
• Mongo Santamaría