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Dizzy Gillespie

Manteca

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  • 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

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  • Displaced 3-2 son clave on woodblock/congas underpinning bebop-style chromatic trumpet phrasing.

Arturo Sandoval

A Mis Abuelos

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  • Traditional guaguancó percussion layered with virtuosic, high-register lead trumpet from North American Big Band traditions.

Funky Cha Cha

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  • Merges straight-quaver funk backbeats with syncopated 2-3 clave of the Cuban Cha-cha-chá.

Miles Davis

Spanish Key

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  • Phrygian scales and "Spanish" tetrachords utilized within jazz-rock instrumentation (Fender Rhodes/electric bass).

Bitches Brew

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  • Poly-rhythmic web from two simultaneous drummers blending "straight" rock rhythms with jazz "swing" feel.

Herbie Hancock ( DO it yourself)

Chameleon

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