Latin jazz

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jazz subgenre music genre

Latin jazz is a genre that fuses Afro-Cuban and other Latin American rhythms with jazz harmony and improvisation.

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Surface form Occurrences
Afro-Cuban jazz 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz subgenre ⓘ
music genre ⓘ
derivesFrom Cuban son NERFINISHED ⓘ
North American jazz ⓘ
bossa nova ⓘ
mambo ⓘ
rumba ⓘ
samba ⓘ
developedInPeriod 1940s ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigins Afro-Cuban music ⓘ
Afro–Latin American music ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
hasOrigin United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedGenre Latin fusion ⓘ
salsa jazz ⓘ
world fusion ⓘ
notableArtist Antonio Carlos Jobim NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arturo Sandoval NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cal Tjader NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chano Pozo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clare Fischer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eddie Palmieri NERFINISHED ⓘ
João Gilberto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Machito NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mongo Santamaría NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paquito D’Rivera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poncho Sanchez NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ray Barretto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stan Getz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tito Puente NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSubgenre Afro-Cuban jazz ⓘ
Brazilian jazz ⓘ
primaryFocus improvised solos ⓘ
rhythmic complexity ⓘ
stylisticOrigin Afro-Cuban jazz ⓘ
Brazilian music ⓘ
bebop ⓘ
salsa music ⓘ
swing jazz ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation bongos ⓘ
clave sticks ⓘ
congas ⓘ
cowbell ⓘ
double bass ⓘ
drum set ⓘ
flute ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
timbales ⓘ
trombone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
typicalRhythm Afro-Cuban 6/8 ⓘ
bossa nova rhythm ⓘ
cha-cha-chá rhythm ⓘ
clave rhythm ⓘ
guaguancó rhythm ⓘ
mambo rhythm ⓘ
rumba clave ⓘ
samba rhythm ⓘ
son clave ⓘ
songo rhythm ⓘ
typicalTempo medium tempo ⓘ
up-tempo ⓘ
usesElement Afro-Cuban rhythms ⓘ
Afro–Latin rhythms ⓘ
call and response ⓘ
jazz harmony ⓘ
jazz improvisation ⓘ
syncopation ⓘ
usesLanguage English ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Stretch Records → associatedGenreMovement → Latin jazz ⓘ
Mulatu Astatke → genre → Latin jazz ⓘ
Chano Pozo → influenced → Latin jazz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afro-Cuban jazz
Oye Como Va → influencedByGenre → Latin jazz ⓘ
Abakuá → influences → Latin jazz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afro-Cuban jazz