d then after machito finishe then tito roiguez come on, you foot the both of them played. there was a nstant, constant thing. >> machito was areat sonero fromuba realist, so he was really into traditnal cuban music. the tradion that was established by the macto orchesa is so strong, many of the young players really admire her. >> well, the fst time that i met machito, i must have bn 10 or 11 years old. ry, ry young age. he was myentor. machito and mario baa, of course. they e the people responble for latin jazz. >> you learned by watcng them, how become a leader. and he h that thing, that aura, on t stage, which we all copied from him. >> i was involved the palladium days, of cours we we the 3 big ones there. it was machito, tito rodriez orchestra, and myself. of coursmachito was our headliner, the man resnsible for our getting ere at the palladium. and wspent about 13 or 14 years pying the pallium together. >> machito would be one side and puente would be on t other side othe same stage. and they would answer each otr. it was called "mambo adonis." when macho die he change