The Cuban peso may be in freefall, but who needs stable fiat currency when you’ve got… gold?! That’s right, after weeks of hotly contested competition, the musically mighty island nation of Cuba has won the Gold Medal in the inaugural KSDS Jazz Olympiad.
When the Cohiba smoke finally cleared, the Cubans had narrowly edged out the Dutch and the Canadians, riding the intoxicating power of clave and montuno to the very top of the medal podium.
¡Felicidades, Cuba!
To celebrate… we’re keeping the descarga going all day TODAY, with selections from all of our favorite Cuban musicians, from Chano Pozo, Paquito D’Rivera and Chucho Valdes to Arturo Sandoval, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Mongo Santamaria…and so many more!
There’s a time for mambo. There’s a time for rumba. Heck, there’s even a time for cha-cha-cha…
And NOW is that time. It’s a celebration of Cuban jazz all day today on KSDS Jazz 88.3 FM in San Diego and all around the world at jazz88.org and the KSDS mobile app.
