cimafunk worked alongside his friend, jazz great trombone shorty.the stars of tomorrow, including at a music school in their own special kind of matchup -- mash-up. >> he's one of the greats, incorporating american funk with the cuban style, creating a whole new genre of music. the kids love him. i walk around town and see that. reporter: overlooking havana, cimafunk told us this work is giving young cubans a sense of the influence and power of their music in the wider world. >> when you do music, everybody knows and they respect cuban music. those kids, they did not know that and i didn't know either how much cuban music influenced all the music in the world. so when i do that, i was like, everybody should know that. i should have known this before. so when kids know that, they feel like i don't have a trumpet, but i have the feeling. reporter: at the getting funky festival, the feeling for cimafunk extended beyond the stage to a fashion show where he swaggered on a runway, and a panel discussion including musical inspirations, taj mahal, and georg

cimafunk worked alongside his friend, jazz great trombone shorty. entering and playing with the stars of tomorrow. including at a music school and own social kind of mash-up. >> he's one of the greats, cimafunk. and he's incorporating american funk with the kushon style. and he's creating a whole new genre of music and the kids that's here they love him. i just walk around town with him and see that. >> overlooking havana, cimafunk told us that this work is giving young cubans a sense of the influence and power of their music in the wider world. >> everybody know what music you do and everybody appreciate and respect cuban music. and you're part of that cuban music. those kids didn't know neither. he didn't know how important cuban music was for the music in the world. how much cuban music influenced all the music in the world. so when i knew that, i was like oh, everybody should -- so key to start to know that, like yeah. i don't have a trumpet but i got the feeling. >> after getting funky festival the feeling for cimafunk extended beyond the stage