It' still used in Cuba. In the mid-fifties, they weretrying a resurgence and I arranged this along with three other tunes. That's one of the tunes that's important in my early era as a musician. In other words, a conga is a moving thing, a line dance, Carnival. Another theme that I like is one of my own.
Ragtime represents a difficult task for piano players.
So what that represents is my immersion and my love for jazz in those eras in which I'm speaking about, my childhood and of course, later on, my adult life. Jazz From Lincoln Center, All Rights Reserved.