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Every visionary creation traditionnaly stands from men of great character.
Jean Martel was a 21-year-old immigrant from France, where he created the first great cognac house.
His motto was: elevate yourself and the world around you.
Well I had the great privilege of having a relationship with another man of great character
and the world came to know him as: Cachao!
And his creation was: the mambo!
I met Cachao first really through his music,
because I had collected all of his records that he ever recorded
Cachao became my clothest friend and companion throughout my adolescence
to this day, he's become someone who I've found great solace in.
Not only in his music, but in him
and what he taught me as an individual, as an artist.
And the most important thing to him was
for the youth to maintain the traditions.
And that's what our relationship was about
preserving traditions of Cuban music.
And that's what I'm dedicated to today.