Jazz Appreciation Month 2022

Latin Jazz and the Spirit of Cachao López 

This year, Jazz Appreciation Month will be exploring the crosspollination of Afro-Caribbean music and jazz leading into the formation of Latin jazz. Below is a collection of information and resources to guide your journey into this amazing music and history.  

Educational Resources

Jazz Appreciation Month Posters 

• 2022 JAM Poster – Israel “Cachao” López
     - Español 
     - English 
• 2005 JAM Poster – Tito Puente 

Exhibitions 

• Latin Jazz: La Combinación Perfecta 

Education  

• Latin Jazz: La Combinación Perfecta

Blogs 

• Conga Drums and collaboration: A peek inside our Afro-Cuban Jazz concerts 

Media

Video 

• A Night in Tunisia – Join the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Octet in a performance of Dizzy Gillespie’s composition “A Night in Tunisia.” 

JAM Public Service Announcements 

• Paquito D’Rivera
  https://amhistory.si.edu/jazz/radio/D_Rivera_Paquito.mp3 
  https://amhistory.si.edu/jazz/radio/d_Rivera_Paquito_Spanish.mp3

• Arturo O’Farrill
  https://amhistory.si.edu/jazz/radio/O_Farrill_Arturo_Spanish.mp3

• Carlos Santana
  https://amhistory.si.edu/jazz/radio/Santana_Carlos_Spanish.mp3 

Collections

Oral Histories  

• Candido Camero

• Paquito D’Rivera

• Eddie Palmieri

Objects in the Museum’s Collections 

• Latin Jazz USA Award, Presented to Mongo Santamaría 

• Celia Cruz

• Aruba Jazz and Latin Music Festival Badge 

• H-182, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and James Moody

• Night in Tunisia for Trumpet I music manuscript

• Billboard Latin Music Award, presented to Monga Santamaría  

• Grammy Award, presented to Mongo Santamaría  

• African Drum, used by Mongo Santamaría 

• Raul Conga Drum, used by Mongo Santamaría 

• Timbale Stick, used by Tito Puente 

• Dashiki, worn by Monga Santamaría  

• In Concert with Cuba 

Archives  

• Mongo Santamaria Papers  

• Tito Puente Papers 

• Paquito D’Rivera Papers 

• Chico O’Farrill Paper 

• Graciela Papers 

Smithsonian Folkways and Cultural Heritage

Folklife Festival 

• Filosofía Caribeña: Transmitting Afro-Cuban Sacred Traditions through Song

• Sounds of California - John Santos Sextet

• Alex Acuña & Friends: "Chuncho"

Folkways Recordings  

• Latin Jazz: La Combinación Perfecta
     - Recording
     - Book

• Art of the Descarga