Grammy Award-Winning Jazz Pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba

After more than half a century of feuding, the U.S. has re-opened its embassy in Havana, Cuba. Among other things, that could set the stage for more Cuban-American musical exchanges. They've been few and far between, but legendary. For instance – in the late 80's, American jazz great Charlie Haden met a young Cuban pianist – Gonzalo Rubalcaba. They hit it off, and Haden became a kind of mentor figure to Rubalcaba… who went on to become major figure in jazz. Charlie Haden died last year, but shortly before that, he dug out some old recordings of two concerts he played with Rubalcaba, in Japan. The album's just been released – it's called "Tokyo Adagio." Steve Paulson's been listening to it a lot and he got in touch with Rubalcaba to talk about it.