Calle 54
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Directed by	Fernando Trueba
Produced by	Cristina Huete Fabienne Servan-Schreiber Fernando Trueba
Written by	Fernando Trueba
Music by	Graeme Revell
Cinematography	José Luis López-Linares
Editing by	Carmen Frías
Distributed by	Buena Vista International Miramax Films
Release date(s)	September 8, 2000
Running time	105 mins
Country	Spain France Italy
Language	French, Spanish, English
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Calle 54 is a 2000 documentary film about Latin jazz by Spanish director Fernando Trueba. With only minimal introductory voiceovers, the film consists of studio performances by a wide array of Latin Jazz musicians. Artists featured include Chucho Valdés, Bebo Valdés, Eliane Elias, Gato Barbieri, Tito Puente, Paquito D'Rivera and Michel Camilo. Graeme Revell was born in New Zealand in 1955. ... Buena Vista International is a division of The Walt Disney Company which handles non-U.S. distribution of Disney films. ... Image:The Current Miramax type in 2003 “Miramax” redirects here. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Latin jazz is the general term given to music that combines rhythms from African and Latin American countries with jazz harmonies from the United States. ... Chucho Valdés (b. ... Bebo Valdés (*October 19, 1918, Quivican (Cuba)) is a well-known Cuban Jazz musician. ... Eliane Elias (born March 19, 1960 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a jazz pianist based in New York since 1981. ... Leandro Barbieri (born on November 28, 1934 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province) better known as El Gato Barbieri (Spanish for Barbieri the Cat) is an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist and composer who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and from his latin jazz recordings in... Tito Puente Ernesto Antonio Puente Jr. ... Paquito DRivera is a Cuban-born, internationally-acclaimed, Grammy-winning jazz and classical saxophonistist and clarinetist. ... Michel Camilo (born April 4, 1954) is a pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. ...

The title takes it's name from Sony Music Studios (where much of the film was shot) which are located on 54th Street in New York City. Sony Music Studios is a well-known music recording and mastering facility in New York City. ... New York, NY redirects here. ...

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Washington Post review of Calle 54