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Dizzy Gillespie
Manteca
Detail
- Juxtaposition of Afro-Cuban bass ostinato and conga tumbao (A section) with swinging walking bass (B section).
- Integration of 32-bar AABA jazz form with repetitive, cyclical Cuban montuno patterns.
Tin Tin Deo
Detail
- Displaced 3-2 son clave on woodblock/congas underpinning bebop-style chromatic trumpet phrasing.
Arturo Sandoval
A Mis Abuelos
Detail
- Traditional guaguancó percussion layered with virtuosic, high-register lead trumpet from North American Big Band traditions.
Funky Cha Cha
Detail
- Merges straight-quaver funk backbeats with syncopated 2-3 clave of the Cuban Cha-cha-chá.
Miles Davis
Spanish Key
Detail
- Phrygian scales and "Spanish" tetrachords utilized within jazz-rock instrumentation (Fender Rhodes/electric bass).
Bitches Brew
Detail (The name of album is same as song)
- Poly-rhythmic web from two simultaneous drummers blending "straight" rock rhythms with jazz "swing" feel.
Herbie Hancock ( DO it yourself)
Chameleon
Detail
Actual Proof
Detail