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“Film & Jazz”:

Today, Monday 7, the film season features Calle 54, the acclaimed film by Spanish director Fernando Trueba. An excellent opportunity to be presented by his partner and friend Javier Estrella, director of the Madrid Jazz Festival and founder, alongside Trueba, of the label Lola Records (which released the soundtrack of Calle 54), but, above all, a pioneer of the fusion of flamenco and other genres. Trueba himself said in an interview: “My friend Javier Estrella was a real pioneer in fusing flamenco and jazz, nearly twenty years ago now”. On this occasion, Estrella will be conversing with Fernando Chiapussi, who was in charge of the line-up of the Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival.

Calle 54 is a story of extraordinary encounters between extraordinary musicians: Gato Barbieri, Cachao, Michel Camilo, Paquito D’Rivera, Chano Domínguz, Eliane Elías, Jerry González, Chico O’Farrill, Patato, Tito Puente, Puntilla, Chucho and his father Bebo Valdés. But it is also an ode to Latin jazz, to the quintessential figures of that style of music, recorded in unique and unrepeatable shots, to the delight of the audience who cannot help feeling grateful for the opportunity to see such giants playing so masterfully…