El Congo Valiente

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra · 1956 · Deuxième mouvement de Cuban Fire!

Context

Second track of Cuban Fire! (5 min 53), by Johnny Richards. The album is the Kenton orchestra's first full record devoted to Afro-Cuban rhythms.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Modern big bands, Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban. Among the origins and influences of Modern big bands: Swing, big bands, Third stream.

By the same artist

• Fuego Cubano (1956)
• Quien Sabe (1956)
• City of Glass (1st Movement, Pt. 1): Entrance into the City (1951)
• Thermopolae (1947)
• Artistry in Rhythm (1943)

Sources

• EN: Cuban Fire!

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