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Film, Video Conversation with Gabriel García of Changüí Majadero

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Title

  • Conversation with Gabriel García of Changüí Majadero

Summary

  • The formation of Changüí Majadero was the result of tres guitarist and vocalist Gabriel García's pivotal pilgrimage to the Guantanamo region of Cuba. There he learned the changüí from living masters of the style and was inspired to spread the spirit of Cuban folkloric music, mixed with a dash of East Los Angeles grit. Changüí is the predecessor of son Cubano and salsa, a music style specifically from Guantanamo, Cuba. Its origins can be traced back to the 1800s, during the days of slavery in Cuba. Changüí is to Cuba and Latin America what the blues and early jazz is to American music. Changüí Majadero has played their modern take on changüí in such disparate settings such as Lincoln Center, SF Jazz, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Dodger Stadium.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2021-02-03.

Notes

  • -  Group name: Homegrown from Home. 32
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Gabriel García, Stephen Winick.
  • -  Recorded on 2021-02-03.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024697402

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Conversation with Gabriel García of Changüí Majadero. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-03, 2021. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697402/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & American Folklife Center, S. B. (2021) Conversation with Gabriel García of Changüí Majadero. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-03. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697402/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Conversation with Gabriel García of Changüí Majadero. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-03, 2021. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024697402/>.