[JPL] 60th Anniversary of a tragic day in music

[Arturo Gomez]

On this day in history, December 2nd, 1948 Luciano Pozo González the
immortal Chano was shot dead in the Spanish Harlem bar Rio Cafe over a
dispute of a dime bag of grass. Chano was in NYC awaiting the return of the
Dizzy Gillespie Big Band after he left the ensemble when his tumbadoras were
stolen and because he couldn't deal with the Jim Crow laws of the South,
Chano was only 33.

Arturo