VM-1462

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VARIOUS LATIN SINGERS SINGING WITH BAND ACCOMPANIMENT; VARIOUS SCENES MALE, FEMALE RHYTHM AND BLUES GROUPS PERFORMING FOR CAMERA ON TV STAGES (?), INCLUDING CUBAN, AMERICAN, ICONS JOSEITO FERNANDEZ, ERNESTO LACUONA, BENNY MOORE, MIGUELITO VALDEZ, CHANO POZO, MOISES SIMONS, RITA MONTANER AND OTHER UNIDENTIFIED RHYTHM AND BLUES GROUPS, INDIVIDUALS. YOUNG AMERICAN FOLK SINGER PETE SEEGER PERFORMS. SANTERIA RELIGIOUS RITUALS, DANCE IN BEING PERFORMED.

CUBAN SINGER, ICON, JOSEITO FERNANDEZ SIGNS WITH BAND IN BKGD INCLUDING FOUR GUITARS, BASE, PIANO, DRUMS MARACAS, SCRATCHER.

HIGH ANGLE OF BEACH SCENE WITH SEVERAL MUSICIANS SCATTERED AROUND STANDING IN INDIVIDUAL HOLES IN SAND PLAYING AS BLACK GIRL QUARTET STAND NEXT TO A CHAIR IN SAND AS THEY SING, WAVES ROLLING IN SHORE IN BKDG (FROM TV PROGRAM?)

TRIO OF BLACK SINGERS, ONE WITH VIOLIN, PERFORM BEFORE CAMERA, (TV SHOW?) BAND IN BKGD WITH TWO MORE VIOLINS, CONGA DRUM, STAND-UP BASE. FLUTE, TIMBALES, SCRATCHER. CU FLUTE PLAYER. CU TWO VIOLINISTS PLAYING.

EIGHT PIECE LATIN BAND IN FORMAL DRESS PLAY, SING BACK UP FOR MARACAS PLAYING LATIN SINGER. ALL TURN TO WATCH AS PIANO PLAYER DOES SOLO, WITH MARACAS, BONGO PLAYER OTHER PERCUSSIONISTS. CU PIANO PLAYERS HANDS PLAYING.

WOMAN SINGER IN WEIRD COSTUME OF GLOSSY LEATHER JACKET WITH HIGH COLLAR, LARGE COINS TRIMMING EDGE OF JACKET, HAIR TIGHTLY BRUSHED BACK INTO BEE HIVE BUN AT TOP, LEOTARD TIGHTS. SINGS, PERFORMS WITH DRAMATIC GESTURES. MODERNISTIC LIVING ROOM SETTING. TV SHOW?
BIZARRE.

MONTAGE PHOTO FLASHES BLACK CUBAN ICON CONGA DRUM PLAYER, SINGER CHANO POZO, FILMS CUBAN BLACK MUSICIANS PLAYING CONGA, BONGOS IN BACK YARDS, CHANO POZO, MIGUELITO VALDEZ, OTHERS IN GROUP SHOTS, BACK
STREETS IN CUBA, BLACK CHILDREN, COSTUMED STREET FESTIVALS.

BLACK GROUP SEATED ON BOXES IN BACK YARD, PLAY DRUMS AS TWO MID-AGED BLACK MEN IN WHITE SUITS DANCE MAMBO, SALSA, STEPS. CU FEET DOING STEPS.

PHOTO, FILM, MONTAGE JOSEITO FERNANDEZ WITH OTHER PERSONALITIES, DANCING MAMBO WITH WOMAN. CU OLD WHITE HAIRED FERNANDEZ ON PIANO (COLOR FOOTAGE). PHOTO SHOTS OF FERNANDEZ AS YOUNG, OLD MAN.

ECU FACE SHOT FERNANDEZ, MORE ON TV SCREEN WITH ORCHESTRA.

HIGH ANGLE SCENE BUSY INTERSECTION WITH BUSES, AUTOS, PEDESTRIANS IN HAVANA (?). STILL SHOTS SAME. ZOOM IN BLACK MAN SIPPING ESPRESSO IN CAFE.

ERNESTO LACUONA.
PHOTO, FILM MONTAGE PIANIST, COMPOSER, ERNESTO LACUONA PLAYING FOR DIVA, CONDUCTING ORCHESTRA POSING WITH CELEBRITIES, ON SHOW POSTERS WITH JOSEITO FERNANDEZ, WITH SHOW GIRLS, PLAYING

PAN CHILDREN PLAYING IN CENTER SQUARE OF LARGE GOVERNMENTAL TYPE BUILDING, FASHIONABLE SHOPPING DISTRICT IN HAVANA (?). COLOR FOOTAGE. LACUONA FINISHES PLAYING, STANDS TO TAKE BOW. (B&W)

CU ERNESTO LACUONA MUSIC SHEETS BEING PILED ONE ON THE OTHER. MONTAGE OF PHOTO SHOTS, INCLUDE WRITING MUSIC.

MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES LACUONA BEING GIVEN SEND OFF BY FRIENDS, RELATIVES AT DOCK BEFORE BOARDING LINER.
LACUONA AND OTHERS WAVE GOODBYE FROM GANGWAY AS THEY BOARD LINER.