Latin Music USA: Bridges
Writing Assignment #3
Tyler Ross To reflect on the short documentary, Latin Music U.S.A.: Bridges, it starts off by talking about some of the various personailty profiles of musicians such as Maurio Bauza, Tito Puente, Carlos Sanatana, and others. It speaks about their coming-up stories of playing Latin Music in the U.S.A. and the experiences/obstacles they went through to make a name for themselves. The documentary starts out by describing Carlos Santana's personality profile, and how one of his first experiences playing latin music in America was at Woodstock, which became one of the most successful international debuts in popular music history. Santana's music was a mixture of rock, blues, and afro-cuban percussion. In the documentary, Santana reflects on when he saw “the movie” and says, “And when I saw the movie, I remember I was under the influence of LSD. Then it all came back to me like, damn, why did I take LSD?” My reaction to this is exactly what I thought it would be concercning the use of drugs of musicians during the 60's and 70's: I had a feeling they used psychodelic drugs at Woodstock. The next personailty profile they describe is Maurio Bauza, a cuban, who arrived in New York in 1930 to pursue a life in the big band …show more content…
They called this work Jewish Latin. Other classic songs have a direct lineage to Latin music such as the song “Louie Louie.” More and more rock and roll songs started to follow the rifts and rhythms of Latin music. Rock and roll started following the “cha cha cha” beat found in Latin music also. You can find these Latin music influences in even more famous bands such as the song by The Beatles “Day Tripper”, which is similar to one of Machito's songs from the 1940's. Another famous rock and roll song with a similar beat is “Good Lovin'” by The Young
Tyler Ross To reflect on the short documentary, Latin Music U.S.A.: Bridges, it starts off by talking about some of the various personailty profiles of musicians such as Maurio Bauza, Tito Puente, Carlos Sanatana, and others. It speaks about their coming-up stories of playing Latin Music in the U.S.A. and the experiences/obstacles they went through to make a name for themselves. The documentary starts out by describing Carlos Santana's personality profile, and how one of his first experiences playing latin music in America was at Woodstock, which became one of the most successful international debuts in popular music history. Santana's music was a mixture of rock, blues, and afro-cuban percussion. In the documentary, Santana reflects on when he saw “the movie” and says, “And when I saw the movie, I remember I was under the influence of LSD. Then it all came back to me like, damn, why did I take LSD?” My reaction to this is exactly what I thought it would be concercning the use of drugs of musicians during the 60's and 70's: I had a feeling they used psychodelic drugs at Woodstock. The next personailty profile they describe is Maurio Bauza, a cuban, who arrived in New York in 1930 to pursue a life in the big band …show more content…
They called this work Jewish Latin. Other classic songs have a direct lineage to Latin music such as the song “Louie Louie.” More and more rock and roll songs started to follow the rifts and rhythms of Latin music. Rock and roll started following the “cha cha cha” beat found in Latin music also. You can find these Latin music influences in even more famous bands such as the song by The Beatles “Day Tripper”, which is similar to one of Machito's songs from the 1940's. Another famous rock and roll song with a similar beat is “Good Lovin'” by The Young