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[ Latin jazz music playing ]

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- Raices Jazz Orchestra takes
you on a musical journey,

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exploring the roots of Latin
music with big-band jazz.

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Recorded over five countries

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with musicians
from all over the world,

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Raices tells the story
of Latinx culture.

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Esta es su historia.

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This is their story.

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♪

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- Percussion, it\'s the feeling,
it\'s the passion.

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Who better than Sheila

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to be able to, like,
solidify that, huh?

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[ Latin jazz music playing ]

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♪

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- Crossing all these genres,

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countries and the culture
in one place,

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it was only the two of you that
could do what just happened.

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- Elegant, sophisticated,
swinging.

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- Pure passion, fire.

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That\'s what this is about.

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[ Latin jazz music playing ]

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- Ah, Succar.

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- Welcome to \"Raices:
Roots of Latin Jazz.\"

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I\'m Sheila E., and I\'m ready
to dance and sing

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as we listen and learn

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through the roots
of Latin music.

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This electrifying journey
brings passion and soul

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as we travel the world

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with Latin Grammy
Award-winning producer

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and performer Tony Succar,

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and co-leader Dr. Pablo Gil\'s
Raices Jazz Orchestra.

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They re-energize these
timeless Latin rhythms

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in a big-band jazz format.

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Are you ready?
Let\'s go!

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♪

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Our first song fuses
the congas of Cuba

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with the jazz
of the hard-bop era.

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Raices takes us back
to when Afro-Cuban rhythms

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first traveled from Havana
to Harlem

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and into the heart of jazz.

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Sprinkling some sazón,
the Latin spice,

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into the melting pot
of America

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to create the Latin jazz
we know today.

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What you\'re about to hear
is a tribute

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to the rich immigrant culture
that made this fusion possible.

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This new arrangement
of a Herbie Hancock classic

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captures the perfect storm
of Afro-Cuban

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and American jazz
coming together.

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Here is our first performance --
\"Eye of the Hurricane.\"

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[ Latin jazz music playing ]

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♪

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[ Beating pandeiro ]

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Whoo! Yes!

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Now Raices goes to Porto Alegre,

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where the sounds of samba
inspired their rendition

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of one of Brazil\'s
most famous songs.

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The pandeiro is a symbol of
Brazil\'s deep musical heritage.

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Like Afro-Cuban and other
tropical genres,

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samba is just as much an
explosion of dance and passion

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as it is a style of music.

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Whether sung in Portuguese
or Spanish,

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the language of celebration is
universal across Latin America.

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Raices combines that spirit

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with the Afro-Brazilian
traditions

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that inspired it
by bringing the berimbau

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into the big-band rendition
of a Jorge Ben classic.

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Latin Grammy
Award-winning singer Anaadi

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invites us to dance
as we step into \"Más Que Nada.\"

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[ Latin jazz music playing ]

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♪

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- Tony Succar.

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Anaadi.

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♪

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Raices.

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♪

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♪ Vem balançar

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♪ Nessa onda

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♪ É pra dançar

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♪ É pra dançar

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♪ Vem balançar Nessa onda

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♪ Salsa, Funk e Ijexá

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♪ Vem conmigo, Nessa fiesta

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♪ Vamos juntos

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♪ Salsambar

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♪ Batucada vai quebrar

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♪ Ginga e dança nessa roda

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♪ Até o dia clarear

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♪ Vem conmigo

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♪ Nessa fiesta

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♪ Vamos juntos

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♪ Salsambar

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♪ Salsa com Samba

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♪ Vem balançar

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♪ Nessa onda

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♪ É pra dançar

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♪ É pra dançar

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♪ Vem balançar

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♪ Nessa onda

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♪ Pode avisar

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♪ É salsa com samba

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♪ Esse groove na beira do mar

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♪

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[ Singing in Portuguese ]

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♪

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau, berimbau

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau, berimbau

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau, berimbau

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[ Singing in Portuguese ]

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♪ Berimbau

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau, berimbau

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau, berimbau

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau, berimbau

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau, berimbau

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau, berimbau

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau

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♪ Berimbau, berimbau, berimbau

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[ Singing in Portuguese ]

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♪

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[ Singing in Portuguese
continues ]

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♪ Mais que nada

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♪ Sai da minha frente
que eu quero passar ♪

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♪ Pois o samba está animado

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♪ O que eu quero é sambar

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♪ Esse samba

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♪ Que é misto de maracatuiu

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♪ E samba de preto velho

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♪ Samba de preto tu

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- [ Singing in Portuguese ]

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♪

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- [ Singing in Portuguese ]

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♪

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[ Singing in Portuguese
continues ]

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♪

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- I feel like Latin jazz
is that expression.

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It\'s music that
me cura el alma ,

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it cures my soul.

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Intellectual, where we need
to prepare ourselves

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to become masters
at our craft,

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but at the same time never loses
that element of the goose bumps,

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the element of the passion,

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of the history that lives
within our hearts

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that we can\'t describe
with words.

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- Our collaboration, they are
such beautiful

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and, you know,
grateful moments,

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unforgettable for the people
in the samba school,

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for the people
in the [speaks Portuguese]

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from all the musicians,

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you know, everybody is in love
with Tony\'s and Pablo\'s work

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and everybody is in love
with the idea of us,

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us from here, us making
international connections.

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♪

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- What an incredible blend
of Brazilian and Latin jazz.

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Now, this is the cajón.

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[ Beating cajón ]

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Whoo! The percussion.

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At the center
of Peruvian music.

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With this instrument, Tony taps
into his Peruvian roots

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on this next performance.

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For Raices and much
of the Latinx community,

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these are the grooves
of our grandparents

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and passed on
from generation to generation.

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They were played on boxes,
donkey jaws,

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and anything else that could be
turned into an instrument.

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The Afro-Peruvian festejo rhythm
was made for the cajón.

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So feel the fire flowing through
our next performance --

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\"Feste Fuego.\"

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[ Latin jazz music playing ]

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♪

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- I just knew that
it was gonna come out

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powerful and authentic,
because you live that music.

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- I came to the United States
when I was 2 years old,

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but the first instrument
I played was a cajón.

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Being able to go to Peru
to record

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with these incredible
percussionists

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that know the genre in and out,
these type of fusions

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that you have these
big-band orchestrations

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so rich in musicality,

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but with the Afro-Peruvian
sentiment was killer.

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[ Beating cajón ]

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- Now, that is fire!

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As we move through Peru,

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Raices introduces us to
the polyrhythm style of Landó.

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This relaxed rhythm
allows us to explore

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the indigenous roots
of Peruvian music.

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Pulling from Peru\'s rich
native heritage,

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the sound of the quena
was brought out of the Andes

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and into the studio.

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Raices invited quena master
Checho Cuadros

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to play modern melodies
on this ancient flute

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like it was nothing at all.

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Let\'s take a trip to the Andes,
where we go Perú Lando.

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[ Lando music playing ]

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♪

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- ♪ Raices

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♪ Perú Lando

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♪

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♪ Raices

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♪ Perú Lando

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♪

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♪ Raices

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♪ Perú Lando

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♪

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♪ Raices

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♪ Perú Lando

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♪

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♪ Perú Lando

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♪

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♪ Perú Lando

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♪

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♪ Perú Lando

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♪

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♪ Perú Lando

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♪

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♪ Perú Lando

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♪

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[ Lando music playing ]

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♪

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- It makes you want to dance
and the history.

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I mean, how many years,
centuries that this goes back

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to Africa, to Spain,

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obviously then
how it migrated to Cuba,

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and then how it developed
in each and every country.

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And it\'s great that we\'re gonna
be able to tell the story

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through this experience.

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- We come down from the Andes

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and back to the roots
of our music.

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Latin jazz exists today
because of the African artists

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who\'ve kept
their traditions alive,

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even as the horrors
of the slave trade

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scattered them
across the Americas.

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While much was lost
in their travels,

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the music and the language
of the Yoruba tribe

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survived in Cuba.

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The Afro-Cuban rhythms
of the batá drums

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were part of their heritage.

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In honor of that
African heritage,

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Raices brought Richard Bona
and Osaín del Monte

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together for this
next performance.

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I\'m just passionate with music.

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Afro-Cuban music
and all music that mix

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are really interesting to me
because you know what?

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I didn\'t get a chance
to go to school.

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Okay, so to me,
I don\'t need to read history.

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Through music,
I make my own story.

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When you listen my bass playing,

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it\'s actually the combination of
all instruments I played before.

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So that\'s how it\'s actually
difficult for me

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even to explain what it is.

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Like sometimes I used to go
and ask my grandfather --

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You know,
he was a percussion player.

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So...

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how do you guys process
this one?

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You see, you don\'t explain.

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It just happens.

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[ Latin jazz music playing ]

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[ Singing in foreign language ]

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♪

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[ Singing in foreign language
continues ]

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♪

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[ Singing in foreign language
continues ]

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♪

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[ Singing in foreign language
continues ]

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♪

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[ Singing in foreign language
continues ]

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♪

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[ Singing in foreign language
continues ]

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♪

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Ah, Succar.

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- We try to work with
the authentic performers,

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the people that are going to
bring that special flavor,

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that vital experience

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of how those genres
are played and performed.

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- And it\'s interesting to see

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how they interpret
our music, too,

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because we don\'t come
from that traditional form.

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And I feel like,
when we present them

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with music from our influences,

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then they take it
to, like, another level

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and they bring
the authenticity into it.

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And that\'s what makes
the magic of this music.

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- From the roots of our music
in Africa,

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Raices branches out to Spain
to explore the Spanish tinge

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within Latin jazz.

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Blending this guitar
with claps and steps

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of las palmas y el zapateo,

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flamenco is the sound of Spain.

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Embracing new fusions,
Raices made its way to Madrid

00:31:44.152 --> 00:31:48.156
to bring the style of flamenco
to the big-band jazz format.

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Come enjoy the passion
and heat

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of a \"Midnight in Spain.\"

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[ Flamenco music playing ]

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[ Clapping rhythmically ]

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♪

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- ♪ La la la la la la

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♪

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[ Tapping rhythmically ]

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♪

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[ Vocalizing ]

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♪

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[ Vocalizing continues ]

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♪

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♪

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♪

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[ Vocalizing continues ]

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♪

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- What a wonderful ode to Spain.

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Our next song takes us
to Venezuela

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to unite the sound of Pablo\'s
home country with big-band jazz.

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Born on the plains
of Colombia and Venezuela,

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joropo is a shining example
of folk music in Latin America.

00:39:05.134 --> 00:39:08.555
With a shake of the maracas
and the strings of the cuatro,

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people come together to sing and
dance in celebration of life.

00:39:12.183 --> 00:39:14.519
Inspired by this
Venezuelan heritage,

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:17.605
Raices took a song
about Tony\'s grandfather

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and added joropo elements

00:39:19.232 --> 00:39:21.401
and big-band instrumentation
into the mix.

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From the plains of Venezuela,
the family bonds of Peru,

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and the streets of America,
here is \"Pa Oyichan.\"

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[ Latin jazz music playing ]

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♪

00:45:01.908 --> 00:45:04.493
- Going to the sources
was a key thing,

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and for me that was
one of the highlights,

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because it was
a learning experience for me.

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As a percussionist,
as a world-music lover,

00:45:10.374 --> 00:45:12.418
you\'re gonna fly
through these countries.

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You\'re gonna feel that
because of the musicianship,

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because of the instrumentation
and the heart that\'s behind it.

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- It has been amazing visiting

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all these countries
through their music.

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But Raices\' journey
to uncover our roots

00:45:24.805 --> 00:45:28.726
needs to make one last stop in
a place where Latin jazz began.

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Built on the foundations
of multiculturalism and unity,

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the team behind
Raices Jazz Orchestra

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draws from
their experiences in America,

00:45:36.901 --> 00:45:39.695
merging the rhythms of R&B
and pop music

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with the sounds
of Latin America.

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Just like with our unique
blend of Spanglish,

00:45:43.991 --> 00:45:45.993
we bring our words
to your music

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and combine them to create

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a one-of-a-kind fusion
of culture.

00:45:49.664 --> 00:45:52.792
My love of Latin music
was passed down to me by my dad,

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the legendary Latin
jazz artist Pete Escovedo,

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and my godfather,
Tito Puente,

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\"El Rey -- the king --
\"de los timbales.\"

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I love listening
to this beautiful fusion

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of our musical heritage
and big-band jazz.

00:46:06.180 --> 00:46:10.059
It would be an honor to jam
with the Raices crew.

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[ Latin jazz music playing ]

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♪

00:50:50.214 --> 00:50:53.509
[ Laughing ]

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Thank you for joining us

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on this incredible tour
of Latin culture and jazz.

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The work of Tony, Pablo,

00:50:59.932 --> 00:51:02.476
and the rest
of the Raices Jazz Orchestra

00:51:02.476 --> 00:51:04.520
offers a bridge

00:51:04.520 --> 00:51:06.772
between our music\'s folkloric
past and global future.

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Through these songs,
our passions,

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our stories,
and our ancestors live on.

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I\'m Sheila E., and thank you

00:51:12.736 --> 00:51:15.447
for listening, watching,
dancing, singing,

00:51:15.447 --> 00:51:17.866
and having a wonderful time.

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Bye!

00:51:21.662 --> 00:51:26.667
♪

00:51:42.349 --> 00:51:45.728
- What inspired you to have
this passion for Latin music

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and Latin Caribbean music?

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- It\'s because of my dad.

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He brought music every
single day into the household

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He had an extensive collection
of different genres of music.

00:51:56.196 --> 00:51:58.991
And he said, \"There\'s not enough
that we could ever learn.\"

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We should be students
of life forever.\"

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So he encouraged us to listen
to Latin jazz.

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He brought jazz music,
he brought Motown, R&B, funk,

00:52:08.000 --> 00:52:10.753
and then he advised me
at the age of 9

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to learn classical music
and play violin.

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So, it like

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So he brought all the
music together and

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I think that\'s what makes us

00:52:19.887 --> 00:52:22.389
who we are
as the Escovedo family.

00:52:22.389 --> 00:52:24.808
We encompass all the music
that we grew up listening to,

00:52:24.808 --> 00:52:26.352
all the different genres
of music

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being brought
from that area.

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♪