Fernando Trueba presents his love affair with Latin jazz, his camera following 13 giants into the studio. Trueba drapes walls with single colors - red for Jerry González and the Fort Apache band, white for Tito Puente; his camera is close to faces, instruments, hands, and feet; bands' colors contrast with walls or their leader's clothes. Chucho Valdés does a pyrotechnic solo then joins his aged father Bebo for a subdued duet. Puntilla Ríos takes us to Africa, Chano Domíng... (Full plot summary below)
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Fernando Trueba presents his love affair with Latin jazz, his camera following 13 giants into the studio. Trueba drapes walls with single colors - red for Jerry González and the Fort Apache band, white for Tito Puente; his camera is close to faces, instruments, hands, and feet; bands' colors contrast with walls or their leader's clothes. Chucho Valdés does a pyrotechnic solo then joins his aged father Bebo for a subdued duet. Puntilla Ríos takes us to Africa, Chano Domínguez to a marriage of jazz and Flamenco, and Eliane Elias, her shoe-less foot on the pedal, to gorgeous and muscular elegance. With Paquito, Cachao, Patato, Chico, Gato, and Michel Camilo, we travel Calle 54.
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| VarietyDavid StrattonLooks and sounds wonderful, and while more information about these giants of African-Latin music might have been welcome, the music's the thing. |
| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezSome of the artists appear ecstatically transported as they play. Others are just having one hell of a good time. Believe me, it's contagious. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThe result is almost enough to make an audience levitate. |
| Austin ChronicleMarrit IngmanThe result is total immersion in the moment of the music, sure to send jazz fans over the moon. |
| Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternEven better on a second viewing because the film is such a pure expression of the director's love for the music, a love so infectious it should leave you elated. |
| Washington PostFernando GonzalezThis is one fan's valentine to the music he loves. It just happens that the fan is a terrific filmmaker and the music loves him back -- and we get to see it and hear it all. What a treat. |
| Mr. ShowbizKevin MaynardTrueba reveals his subject organically, letting the music speak for itself. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrA dazzling, long-overdue tribute to the true stars of Latin music. |
| San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamIt is a spellbinding hour and 45 minutes of pure music, Latin jazz to be specific. |
| TV Guide MagazineSteve SimelsThis is one of the most infectiously joyous celebrations of musicmaking ever committed to film. See it and be ennobled. |
