2. What was the significance of "Machito and His Afro-Cubans"?

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Leslie

2 May, 16:35

2. What was the significance of "Machito and His Afro-Cubans"?

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Carina Berry · Answer 1

The combined Cuban music with jazz and swing. The Afro-Cubans were a latin jazz band founded by Machito in 1940.

Laurel Garrett · Answer 2

The significance of the band name, Machito and His Afro-Cubans, was first time there was public acknowledgement of something that was African driven. The band came became a bridge between Latin and American worlds.