"Machito y sus afrocubans",bajo la dirección de Mario Bauzá,fue una orquesta de músicos cubanos y latinos en la cual también tocaron norteamericanos como Charlie Parker o Dizzy Gillespie.Su primer disco fue "Mucho macho machito",1948-1949 (Cief Records).De ellos se afirma que fueron los creadores del "Afrocuban-Jazz.Más info en inglés,porque la nota en espanol es mucho menos explicativa y detallista (nivel básico):
"Creation of Latin jazz":
The first jazz song to be overtly based in-clave was "Tanga" (1942) composed by Mario Bauza and recorded by Machito and his Afro-Cubans.
The first descarga [Cuban jam session] that made the world take notice is traced to a Machito rehearsal on May 29, 1943, at the Park Palace Ballroom, at 110th Street and 5th Avenue. At this time, Machito was at Fort Dix (New Jersey) in his fourth week of basic training. The day before at La Conga Club, Mario Bauza, Machito's trumpeter and music director, heard pianist Luis Varona and bassist Julio Andino play something which would serve as a permanent sign off (end the dance) tune.
On this Monday evening, Dr. Bauza leaned over the piano and instructed Varona to play the same piano vamp he did the night before. Varona's left hand began the introduction of Gilberto Valdes' El Botellero. Bauza then instructed Julio Andino what to play; then the saxes; then the trumpets. The broken chord sounds soon began to take shape into an Afro-Cuban jazzed up melody. Gene Johnson's alto sax then emitted oriental-like jazz phrases. By accident, Afro-Cuban jazz was invented when Bauza composed "Tanga" (African word for marijuana) that evening."
(Wikipedia).