Artist's albums
Cuban Classics (Vol. 13)
2001 · compilation
Legend of the Congas
2022 · compilation
Best Of Chano Pozo Vol1 (Remastered)
2011 · compilation
Best Of Chano Pozo Vol2 (Remastered)
2011 · compilation
Best Of Chano Pozo Vol3 (Remastered)
2011 · compilation
Legendary Sessions
2008 · album
Chano Pozo
2006 · album
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Biography
Chano Pozo played a major role in the founding of Latin jazz, which was essentially a mixture of bebop and Cuban folk music. He gained his musical background from Cuban religious cults. After moving to New York in 1947, he met Dizzy Gillespie who enthusiastically added him to his bebop big band. Among his features with Dizzy were "Cubana Be," "Cubana Bop," "Tin Tin Deo," and "Manteca"; Pozo co-wrote the latter two. Unfortunately, Chano Pozo had a hot temper and he was killed in a Harlem bar a month shy of his 34th birthday. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi