Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban

Style · 1943 → · New York, Cuba · Modern jazz (1940-1970)

Mario Bauzá and Machito, Tanga (1943), the first piece based on the clave. Manteca (Gillespie and Chano Pozo, 1947), Afro Blue (Mongo Santamaría, 1959). This branch long predates the "World Music" of the original diagram.

What is still debated

Tanga dates from 1943; "Cu-Bop City" (1948) is a separate piece, born from Howard McGhee's improvisations on Tanga.

Where it comes from

• Afro-diasporic roots
• Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's)

What it gave rise to or influenced

• Bossa nova, jazz samba
• Ethio-jazz
• Antillean jazz (biguine, gwoka)

Artists

• Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993, trumpet, vocals)
• Chick Corea (1941–2021, piano, keyboards)
• Mulatu Astatke (1943, vibraphone, percussion)
• Chucho Valdés (1941, piano)
• Richard Galliano (1950, accordion)
• Machito (1909–1984, vocals, maracas)
• Danilo Pérez (1966, piano)
• Jane Bunnett (1956, soprano saxophone, flute)
• Don Azpiazú (1893–1943, conductor)
• Mongo Santamaría (1917–2003, congas, bongos)
• Arturo Sandoval (1949, trumpet, piano, timbales)
• Michel Camilo (1954, piano)
• Paquito D'Rivera (1948, alto saxophone, clarinet)
• Gonzalo Rubalcaba (1963, piano)
• Alfredo Rodríguez (1985, piano)
• Daymé Arocena (vocals, composition, choir conductor)
• Jeanne Michard (1993, saxophone)
• Harold López-Nussa (1983, piano, composition)
• Jerry González (1949–2018, trumpet, flugelhorn, congas)
• Miguel Zenón (1976, alto saxophone)
• Etienne Charles (trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion)
• Steve Turre (1948, trombone, conch shells)
• Pablo Ziegler (1944, piano, composition, arrangement)
• Ana Carla Maza (cello, vocals, piano)
• Louis Matute (guitar)
• New Cool Collective (big band, acid jazz, latin, afrobeat)

Tracks to start with

• A Night in Tunisia — Dizzy Gillespie (1946)
• Tanga — Machito & His Afro-Cubans (1943)
• Yèkèrmo Sèw — Mulatu Astatke (1972)
• Panamonk — Danilo Pérez (1996)
• Epistrophy (Jane Bunnett) — Jane Bunnett (1991)
• The Peanut Vendor — Don Azpiazú and His Havana Casino Orchestra (1930)
• Poinciana — Ahmad Jamal (1958)
• Flight to Freedom — Arturo Sandoval (1991)
• Why Not? — Michel Camilo (1985)
• Chucho — Paquito D'Rivera (1981)
• Quasar — Gonzalo Rubalcaba (2005)
• Son Montuno — Chucho Valdés (1998)
• Sounds of Space — Alfredo Rodríguez (2012)
• Madres — Daymé Arocena (2015)
• Entre Las Flores — Jeanne Michard (2024)
• Mal du Pays — Harold López-Nussa (2023)
• Bye-Ya — Jerry González & the Fort Apache Band (1988)
• Esta Plena — Miguel Zenón (2009)
• Buhaina Chant — Art Blakey (1957)
• Un Dia — Charlie Rouse (1962)
• Creole — Etienne Charles (2013)
• Sanctified Shells — Steve Turre (1993)
• A Tomar Café — Ana Carla Maza (2022)
• Dolce Vita — Louis Matute (2026)
• Jam — New Cool Collective & Tony Allen (2006)

Sources

• EN : Latin jazz

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