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A resource guide of music, videos, and books from the different eras and styles of the genre.

8. The Latin Tinge
Afro-Cuban to Brazilian

Listen
All audio materials should be available through the Public Radio MusicSource®, most record stores, The Smithsonian Institution, and some public libraries.

  • Flora Purim and Airto: The Magicians (Crossover CCD45001)
  • Dizzy Gillespie and the United Nation Orchestra (ENJA 6044-2)
  • Antonio Carlos Jobim (Warner Archive 9 46114-2)
  • Tito Puente: 50 Years of Swing (RMM Records and Video Corp. RMD-3 82050)
  • Irakere: Live at Ronnie Scott's (World Pacific CDP 0777 7 80596)
  • Machito and the Salsa Band: 1983 Grammy Award (Impuse MCAD 33106)
  • Mario Bauza: The Legendary Mambo King (Tanga) (Messidorm 15819-2)

View
The videos listed with an asterisk (*) can be ordered from Jamey Aebersold Jazz Inc., P.O. Box 1244C, New Albany, IN 47151-1224 (800-456-1388).

  • Airto & Purim (A 75)*
  • Dizzy Gillespie Live in London (A 258)*
  • Jobim: An All-Star Tribute (A 258)*
  • Latin American Percussion: Video Session (A 29)*

Read

  • Boggs, Vernon W. Salsiology. Excelsior Music Publishing Company, New York, 1992.
  • McGowan, Chris, and Ricardo Pessania. The Brazilian Sound. Billboard Books (An Imprint of Watson-Guptill Publications), 1991.
  • Weinsein, Norman C. A Night in Tunisia: Imaginings of Africa in Jazz. Limelight Editions, New York, 1993.

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