Buhaina Chant
Context
First track of Orgy in Rhythm, recorded on March 7, 1957 in New York and released by Blue Note in two volumes the same year. Art Blakey brings together four drummers (including Jo Jones and Art Taylor) and Afro-Cuban percussionists such as Sabu Martinez and Patato Valdés, with Herbie Mann on flute: one of the first jazz records centered on percussion.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban: Afro-diasporic roots, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).