Genre: Afro-Cuban Jazz
Afro-Cuban Jazz is a combination of jazz improvising and rhythms from Cuba and Africa; it is also known as Latin jazz. There were some hints of Afro-Cuban jazz in isolated cases during the 1920s and '30s -- Jelly Roll Morton's "Spanish tinge" in some of his more rhythmic piano solos, a few Gene Krupa performances where he sought to include South American rhythms, and even in the Latin pop music of Xavier Cugat. (read more)
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Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band: Rumba Buhaina: The Music Of Art Bla...
2005 Random Chance Records
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