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Latin percussion is a family of percussion, membranophone, lamellophone and idiophone instruments used in Latin music. Instruments. Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican styles ...
He co-wrote some of Dizzy Gillespie's Latin-flavored compositions, such as "Manteca" and "Tin Tin Deo", and was the first Latin percussionist in Gillespie's band. According to Rebeca Mauleón , "Few percussionists have played as integral a role in shaping Latin music as Luciano 'Chano' Pozo González".
Pages in category "Latin jazz percussionists" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Martin Cohen (born January 28, 1939) is an American inventor, entrepreneur, mechanical engineer, and photographer, best known as the founder of the Latin Percussion company. He invented many percussion instruments used in the Latin, Jazz, World, for which he was awarded 8 patents. [1]
A percussionist is a musician who plays a percussion instrument. Although drummers and vibraphonists are considered percussionists, this list only includes percussionists known for playing a variety of percussion instruments. There is a separate list of drummers and list of vibraphonists. If a percussionist specializes in a particular ...
A percussion ensemble is a musical ensemble consisting of only percussion instruments. Although the term can be used to describe any such group, it commonly refers to groups of classically trained percussionists performing primarily classical music.
Percussion used in Latin American music. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. C. Central American and Caribbean percussion ...
Latin jazz is a genre of jazz with Latin American rhythms. The two main categories are Afro-Cuban jazz , rhythmically based on Cuban popular dance music, with a rhythm section employing ostinato patterns or a clave , and Afro-Brazilian jazz, which includes samba and bossa nova .