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-	'''Latin jazz''' is the general term given to music that combines rhythms from African and Latin American countries with jazz harmonies from Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and United States.	+
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-	The two main categories of Latin Jazz are Brazilian and Afro-Cuban.	+
-	* '''[[Brazilian jazz|Brazilian Latin Jazz]]''' includes [[bossa nova]] and [[samba (music)|samba]].	+
-	* '''[[Afro-Cuban jazz|Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz]]''' includes [[salsa music|salsa]], [[merengue music|merengue]], [[songo]], [[son (music)|son]], [[mambo]], [[bolero]], [[charanga]] and [[cha cha cha]].	+
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-	One of the contribution of Latins (Latinos in Spanish) to America, Latin jazz was further popularized in the late 1940s when [[Dizzy Gillespie]] and [[Stan Kenton]] began to combine the rhythm section and structure of [[Afro-Cuban music]], exemplified by [[Machito]] and his [[Afro-Cubans]], with jazz instruments and solo improvisational ideas. [[Stan Kenton]] released an arrangement of the Afro-Cuban tune [[The Peanut Vendor]], which is considered by many to be the first Latin jazz recording by American jazz musicians. In [[September of 1947]], Dizzy Gillespie collaborated with [[Machito]] conga player [[Chano Pozo]] to perform the "Afro-Cuban Drums Suite" at [[Carnegie Hall]]. This concert brought Latin jazz to the attention of others, and Pozo remained in Gillespie's band to produce "Cubana Be, Cubana Bop".	+
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-	In comparison with traditional jazz, Latin jazz employs [[straight rhythm]], rather than [[swung rhythm]]. Latin jazz rarely employs a [[backbeat]], using a form of the [[clave]] instead. The [[conga]], [[timbale]], [[güiro]], and [[claves]] are percussion instruments which often contribute to a Latin sound.	+
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-	Samba originated from nineteenth century Afro-Brazilian music such as the Lundu. It employs a modified form of the [[clave]]. Bossa Nova is a hybrid music based on the samba rhythm, but influenced by European and American music from Debussy to US jazz. Bossa Nova originated in the [[1960s]], largely from the efforts of Brazilians [[Antonio Carlos Jobim]] and [[João Gilberto]], and American [[Stan Getz]]. Its most famous song is arguably [[The Girl from Ipanema]] sung by Gilberto and his wife, [[Astrud Gilberto]].	+
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-	Latin jazz music, like most types of jazz music, can be played in small or large groups. Small groups, or combos, often use the [[Be-bop]] format made popular in the 1950s in America, where the musicians play a standard melody, many of the musicians play an improvised solo, and then everyone plays the melody again. In Latin jazz bands, percussion often takes a center stage during a solo, and a [[conga]] or [[timbale]] can add a melodic line to any performance.	+
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