A long time fan of Ry Cooder, this was to me another of his explorations into music that is on the verge of being "lost". Music in pre-Castro Cuba was very influential throughout the world; Dizzy Gillespie, the brilliant trumpet player, writer, and innovator drew extensively from these Afro-Cuba rhythms; also other seminal writers such as Gil Evans, Saxophonist Sonny Rollins...Ellington was influenced by his Cuban percussionist Juan Tizol...one could go on for days citing examples of how this Cuban music became part of the progressive North American musicians' lexicon. Even "I Love Lucy" exposed us to Cuban big band rhythms by way of her husband. Bottom line is this-if you are anything of an aficionado of music, this film is a must. If you are an aspiring musician it is indispensable to witness the musical interactions of excellent older musicians that really know what they are about, and that obviously love to play. Now we are seeing a new generation of great Cuban jazz musicians, such as Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Claudio Roditi, Paquito D'Rivera, Pancho Sanchez...the list is almost endless. This movie allows us to see what must have been very influential musical roots. A must see, heck. I own it!