Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella

Carlos Santana reveres him. Bill Graham honored him. Katharine Dunham wouldn’t let him go home to Cuba for fiveyears. Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee swear by him. He’s a master of Bata (the sacred Santeria drumming tradition), Abaqua and Yeza, and secular Afro-Cuban jazz and salsa styles. Discover this enigmatic Cuban drummer, a virtual Rosetta stone of African culture, who has been highly influential in the growth of Latin jazz, pop and fusion in the U.S.