- Cuban Classics, Vol. 13 · 2001
- Best Of Chano Pozo Vol2 (Remastered) · 2011
- Bebop Professor · 1949
- Bebop Professor · 1948
- Best of Chano Pozo, Vol. 3 (Remastered) · 2011
- Best Of Chano Pozo Vol2 (Remastered) · 2011
- Milestones of Jazz Legends: Jazz Around the World, Vol. 5 · 2018
- Your Holiday Soundtrack (Cuba: Selected Latin Music) · 2011
- Best Of Chano Pozo Vol2 (Remastered) · 2011
- Best Of Chano Pozo Vol2 (Remastered) · 2011
- Best Of Chano Pozo Vol2 (Remastered) · 2011
- Best Of Chano Pozo Vol2 (Remastered) · 2011
- Best Of Chano Pozo Vol2 (Remastered) · 2011
Albums
Artist Playlists
- He provided the rhythmic backbone that birthed Afro-Cuban jazz.
Appears On
- Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
About Chano Pozo
Chano Pozo played a major role in the founding of Latin jazz, which was essentially a mixture of bebop and Cuban folk music. He gained his musical background from Cuban religious cults. After moving to New York in 1947, he met Dizzy Gillespie who enthusiastically added him to his bebop big band. Among his features with Dizzy were "Cubana Be," "Cubana Bop," "Tin Tin Deo," and "Manteca"; Pozo co-wrote the latter two. Unfortunately, Chano Pozo had a hot temper and he was killed in a Harlem bar a month shy of his 34th birthday. ~ Scott Yanow
- HOMETOWN
- Havana, Cuba
- BORN
- 7 January 1915
- GENRE
- Jazz