Cuban Jam Sessions in Miniature

Cuban Jam Sessions in Miniature
Studio album by
Cachao
Released1957
Recorded1957
StudioPanart Studios, Havana
GenreDescarga
Length34:34
LabelPanart
Cachao chronology
Cuban Jam Sessions in Miniature
(1957) 		Camina Juan Pescao
(1958)

Cuban Jam Sessions in Miniature is the debut album by Cuban double bassist Cachao, released in 1957 by Panart. The album is composed of descargas, improvised jam sessions with Cuban themes. It was the fourth installment in Panart's Cuban Jam Session series after Julio Gutiérrez's Cuban Jam Session Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, and Niño Rivera's Vol. 3. Unlike the other installments, Cachao's session comprised short improvisations instead of extended jams. The album sold over a million copies and became "a Latin music milestone".[1] In 2013, it was induced into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame and the National Recording Registry.[2][3]

  1. ^ Méndez Méndez, Serafín; Cueto, Gail A. (2003). Notable Caribbeans and Caribbean Americans. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 75. ISBN 9780313314438.
  2. ^ "Latin Grammy Hall of Fame - 2013". Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  3. ^ "New National Recording Registry Entries". Library of Congress. March 21, 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2015.