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A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba
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A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba

May 19, 1989
1h 24m
★ 8.0

Overview

A documentary on Dizzy Gillespie's landmark visit to Cuba and his performance at the Fifth International Jazz Festival in Havana, Cuba. Filmed in 1985 with Arturo Sandoval and Sayyd Abdul Al Khabyyr.

Genres

Documentary
Music

Production Companies

Cubana Bop Partners

Cast

Dizzy Gillespie

Self - Trumpet

Dizzy Gillespie

Arturo Sandoval

Self - Trumpet

Arturo Sandoval

Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Self - Piano

Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Sayyid Abdul Al-Kabir

Self - Saxophone

Sayyid Abdul Al-Kabir

Allen Honigberg

Self - Interviewer

Allen Honigberg

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