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  2. Latin jazz - Wikipedia

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    Latin jazz. 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.

  3. Jazz dance - Wikipedia

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    Jazz dance is a performance dance and style that arose in the United States in the early 20th century. [1][2] Jazz dance may allude to vernacular jazz, Broadway or dramatic jazz. The two types expand on African American vernacular styles of dance that arose with jazz music. Vernacular jazz dance incorporates ragtime moves, Charleston, Lindy hop ...

  4. Cal Tjader - Wikipedia

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    Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. (/ ˈdʒeɪdər / JAY-dər; July 16, 1925 – May 5, 1982) was an American Latin Jazz musician, often described as the most successful non-Latino Latin musician. [1] He explored other jazz idioms, especially small group modern jazz, even as he continued to perform music of Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America.

  5. Paula Abdul - Wikipedia

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    Website. paulaabdul.com. Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) [2] is an American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality. She began her career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers at the age of 18 and later became the head choreographer for the Laker Girls, where she was discovered by the Jacksons. [3]

  6. Eugene Louis Faccuito - Wikipedia

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    April 7, 2015. (2015-04-07) (aged 90) New York City, New York. Occupation (s) Dancer, choreographer, teacher. Eugene Louis Faccuito (March 20, 1925 – April 7, 2015), known professionally as Luigi, was an American jazz dancer, choreographer, teacher, and innovator who created the jazz exercise technique. The Luigi Warm Up Technique is a ...

  7. Latin dance - Wikipedia

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    Latin dance is a general label, and a term in partner dance competition jargon. It refers to types of ballroom dance and folk dance that mainly originated in Latin America, though a few styles originated elsewhere. The category of Latin dances in the international dancesport competitions consists of the Cha-cha-cha, Rumba, Samba, Paso Doble ...

  8. Machito - Wikipedia

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    1928–1984. Machito (born Francisco Raúl Gutiérrez Grillo, December 3, 1909 – April 15, 1984) was a Latin jazz musician who helped refine Afro-Cuban jazz and create both Cubop and salsa music. [1][2] He was raised in Havana with his sister, singer [Graciela]. In New York City, Machito formed the Afro-Cubans in 1940, and with Mario Bauzá ...

  9. Cha-cha-cha (dance) - Wikipedia

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    Cuba. The cha-cha-cha (also called cha-cha), is a dance of Cuban origin. [1][2] It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by the Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrin in the early 1950s. This rhythm was developed from the danzón-mambo. The name of the dance is an onomatopoeia derived from the shuffling sound of the dancers ...