Jazz Fundamentals

Greg Polanik CoordinatorCorina Iukovici Co-Coordinator

Academy for Lifelong LearningCape Cod Community College

Spring 2015

Chapter 12Afro-Cuban Jazz

Clave es LlaveLlave es Clave

Origin of Afro-Cuban Music

• Spanish & African Music in Cuba

• ‘Son Cubano’ developed early 1900s

• Combines:Spanish Melody & HarmonyAfrican Rhythm

• Bands grew; Mambo Bands evolved

• Like Early Jazz –> Swing evolution

Latin Music / Latin Jazz

• Vague & General, a ‘Fish Sandwich’• Could Include:Afro-Cuban, Cu-Bop, Bossa Nova,Samba, Spanish Jazz, Salsa, Cumbia,Afro-Caribbean, Merengue, Tango …

• Usually implies ‘none of the above’a washed-out generic Latin, or songssuch as Caravan & Night in Tunisia

In fact, if you can’t manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes,

you will never be able to getthe right seasoning, I call it, for jazz

Jelly Roll Morton

Afro-Cuban Jazz

• Stream flows through entire history• First influence in New OrleansCaribbean sailors, trade with Cuba

• Next in 1940’sTourismCuban’s learned harmony & improv.Americans learned rhythms

• Many Sub-Styles

Early Jazz

• Jelly Roll Morton

The Crave

• Habanera Rhythm

Lesson (0:50)

Clave

• The heartbeat of Afro-Cuban music

2-3 & 3-2 Clave6 Clave forms

• The Bass

Tumbao

Son Cubano

• María Teresa Vera

Eso No Es Ná

• Los Guaracheros de Oriente

Adios Compay Gato

• Orquesta Aragon de Cuba

El Manicero

Newer Examples of Son

• La Familia Valera Miranda

Se Quema la Chumbambá

• Elíades Ochoa

Lágrimas Negras

Mambo Bands

• José Curbelo & His Orchestra

Mambo y Chachachá

• Tito Rodriguez

El Agua de Belén

First Afro-Cuban Jazz

• Machito y Sus Afro-Cubanswith musical director Mario Bauzá

Tanga (2:22)

Gone CityMango mangue

Cu-Bop

• Dizzy Gillespiewith Chano Pozo

MantecaTin Tin Deo

Cuba to USA Influence

• Chico O’Farrill

Manteca

• Cal Tjader

Soul Sauce

Puerto Rican Extract

• Eddie Palmieri

Vanilla Extract (0:55)

• Tito Puente

New Arrival

Original Cuban Afro-Cuban

• Israel ‘Cachao’ López

Mambo Cambió de Swing

• Dionisio Ramón Emilio ‘Bebo’ Valdés

Con Poco CocoEl Cumbachero

Afro-Cuban Jazz

• Paquito D’Rivera

MiamiClaudia (1:15)

Chucho (1:00 y 5:00)

Rumba Pa’ Jerry (21:55)

Generations of Afro-Cuban

• Jesús ‘Chucho’ Valdés

El Manicero

• Bebo y Chucho Valdés

La ComparsaTres Palabras

Generations of Afro-Cuban

• Orlando ‘Cachaíto’ López

Mis Dos Pequeñas (5:35)

Wahira

• Jesús ‘Chuchito’ Valdés

Capullito de AleliLive in the Greene Space

Afro-Cuban Jazz

• Arturo Sandoval

Groovin’ High (2:45)

• Pancho Sanchez

Night in Tunisia (45:45)

Canada y Dominicana

• Jane Bunnett

Live

• Michel Camilo

Caribe (stop 1:05)

Newer Afro-Cuban Jazz

• Dianne Reeves

Afro Blue (0:30)

• Daphnis Prieto

Triangles and Circles

Afro-Cuban Jazz

• Paquito, Cachao y Michal

Caribe (1:00)

• Dizzy Gillespie &The United Nations Orchestra

Tin Tin Deo

Jazz Vocabulary

• Clave - Afro-Cuban rhythmic pattern- a percussion instrument

• Descarga - the jam portion of a song- a jam song

• Son - traditional Cuban songs- a specific song form

Blow your life through your horn

Arturo Sandoval