<I>Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1987
name: label: Directed by
content: Carlos Ortiz, Puerto Rican, 1947 - 2008
label: Subject of
content: Machito, Cuban American, 1908 - 1984
label: Produced by
content: Carlos Ortiz, Puerto Rican, 1947 - 2008
label: Written by
content: Bruce Spiegel
label: Subject of
content: Tito Puente, American, 1923 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: Ray Barretto, American, 1929 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Dexter Gordon, American, 1923 - 1990
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A documentary film with the title Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy. It consists of two reels of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The film profiles Cuban bandleader Frank "Machito" Grillo and explores the history of Latin jazz in the United States, with a focus on New York City, and the history of Cuban music in general, with footage from New York City and Cuba. It features footage of Machito himself, as well as interviews with Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon and Ray Barretto. The film includes performances, film clips, still photographs and newsreel material.
place: label: Cultural Place
content: Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Latin jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musical films
label: Topic
content: Profile films
label: Topic
content: Salsa (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.67.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Icarus Films, ©1987
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 1): 24 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 850 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 28 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1000 Feet