Manteca - Abacua AEC Video but as a global pop

but as a global pop phenomenon

Schulhoff brilliantly manages to find a different dramaturgical approach

Projected onto five giant screens

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Manteca - Abacua AEC Video but as a global popVery few solo recordings exist of the legendary Cuban percussionist Lazaro Pl+, better known as Manteca; who rose to fame in the nightclubs of Havana in the 1940's and 50's. Manteca often became the high point of many a nightclub appearance when he would emerge from the back of the bandstand to mesmerize the audience with his explosive conga playing. Leading a small but explosive Afro Cuban combo, the master percussionist is captured here on these