• Latin jazz is a genre of jazz with Latin American rhythms. The two main categories are Afro-Cuban jazz, rhythmically based on Cuban popular dance music...
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  • and genres abound in the 21st century, such as Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz. The origin of the word jazz has resulted in considerable research, and its history...
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    Jazz fusion (also known as fusion, jazz rock, and jazz-rock fusion) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz...
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  • modal and Latin jazz and traditional African music including Gnawa music. The term ostinato essentially has the same meaning as the medieval Latin word pes...
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  • improvisation Free jazz Gypsy jazz Hard bop Jazz blues Jazz-funk Jazz fusion Jazz noir Jazz rap Jazz rock Jazztronica Kansas City jazz Latin jazz Livetronica...
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  • The Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the...
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  • The Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence...
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  • more "tricks." Commercial jazz and contemporary jazz are both seen at dance competitions. Another variety of jazz is Latin jazz. "Maria Torres developed...
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    jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz fusion and 1980s-era Latin jazz. The techniques and instrumentation of this type...
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  • Best Latin Jazz Album may refer to one of the following: Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album This disambiguation...
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  • Afro-Cuban jazz is the earliest form of Latin jazz. It mixes Afro-Cuban clave-based rhythms with jazz harmonies and techniques of improvisation. Afro-Cuban...
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    Cal Tjader (category Latin jazz musicians)
    1982) was an American Latin Jazz musician, often described as the most successful non-Latino Latin musician. He explored other jazz idioms, especially small...
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  • Salsa and Latin Jazz." New York: Continuum Publishing, 2002. 121. Print. Leymarie, Isabelle. "Cuban Fire: The Story of Salsa and Latin Jazz." New York:...
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  • Louie Cruz Beltran is a Latin jazz musician born in Bakersfield, California. Beltran is the son of first generation Mexican-American parents. Among his...
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  • Jazz standards are musical compositions that are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed...
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  • Album Best Jazz Instrumental Album Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Best Latin Jazz Album Best Alternative Jazz Album Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Best...
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    Mongo Santamaría (category Latin jazz percussionists)
    Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. From the 1970s, he recorded mainly salsa and Latin jazz, before retiring in the late 1990s. Mongo learned to play the congas as...
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  • bundled business productivity software Zoho Music, a New York-based Latin jazz independent record label This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    Eliane Elias (category Latin jazz pianists)
    of Time 2017: Latin Grammy Award winner for Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album, Dance of Time 2017: Libera Awards Nominee for Best Latin Jazz Album Dance of...
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  • Latin pop (in Spanish and in Portuguese: Pop Latino) is a pop music subgenre that is a fusion of US–style music production with Latin music genres from...
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    Latin music (Portuguese and Spanish: música latina) is a term used by the music industry as a catch-all category for various styles of music from Ibero-America...
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  • alternative Latin metal Latin music (genre) Latin jazz Tropicália Samba rock Chicano rock Rock en español "Latin Rock". Allmusic.com. "Latin Rock definition"...
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    Paquito D'Rivera (category Latin jazz clarinetists)
    United States. His smooth saxophone tone and his frequent combination of Latin jazz and classical music have become his trademarks. Francisco de Jesús Rivera...
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  • Change "Best Latin Jazz Album" is awarded to Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo for their 2023 album El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2 "Best Vocal Jazz Album" is awarded...
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  • is a list of notable jazz guitar players, including guitarists from related jazz genres such as Western swing, Latin jazz, and jazz fusion. For an article...
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    Gato Barbieri (category Latin jazz saxophonists)
    was an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and is known for his Latin jazz recordings of the...
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    Willie Bobo (category Latin jazz musicians)
    15, 1983), better known by his stage name Willie Bobo, was an American Latin jazz percussionist of Puerto Rican descent. Bobo rejected the stereotypical...
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  • subgenres of jazz music. Jazz portal Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin. p. 2. ISBN 0-141-00646-3. "Acid jazz (genre)"...
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    Jazz Journalist's Association. All About Jazz described it as "eclectic and exciting," and wrote that it "exemplifies the recent trends in Latin Jazz...
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    or twisted, similar to the sound of a rattlesnake. It is often used in Latin jazz, especially in bossa nova pieces. Precise rhythmic effects can be gained...
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