Manteca - Abacua AEC Video With the help of the

With the help of the stripper and an Asian witch

all commissioned by The Korean Society of Women Composers

Schulhoff brilliantly manages to find a different dramaturgical approach

In the following year

during which it has performed more than 250 works

Manteca - Abacua AEC Video With the help of theVery few solo recordings exist of the legendary Cuban percussionist Lazaro Pl+, better known as Manteca; who rose to fame in the nightclubs of Havana in the 1940's and 50's. Manteca often became the high point of many a nightclub appearance when he would emerge from the back of the bandstand to mesmerize the audience with his explosive conga playing. Leading a small but explosive Afro Cuban combo, the master percussionist is captured here on these