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Nettai Tropical Jazz Big Band
Tropical Jazz Big Band ( ja, 熱帯JAZZ楽団, Nettai Jazz Gakudan); incorrectly referred to in the United States as Nettai Tropical Jazz Big Band, is a Japanese latin jazz big band. Led by Carlos Kanno from Orquesta de la Luz, the Tropical Jazz Big Band started out as a group of friends playing for fun and evolved into an 18-piece Musical ensemble, ensemble. Boasting four percussions, percussionists, a three-piece rhythm section, and powerful horns, the band released their first album ''Live in Yokohama'' in 1998. That year the band also played in United States. They have played at various jazz festivals and venues, including Carnegie Hall in New York City, United States. Members Source: * Shirō Sasaki, Trumpet * Masanori Suzuki, Trumpet * Kenji Matsushima, Trumpet * Sho Okumura, Trumpet * Hideaki Nakaji, Trombone * Dairo Miyamoto, Bass Saxophone * Taisei Aoki, Trombone * Kan Nishida, Bass Trombone * Kazuhiko Kondo, Alto Saxophone * Masahiro Fujioka, Alto Saxophone * Manteru N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Afro-Cuban jazz "Spanish tinge"—The Cuban influence in early jazz and proto-Latin jazz African American music began incorporating Afro-Cuban musical motifs in the 19th century, when the habanera (Cuban contradanza) gained international popularity. The habanera was the first written music to be rhythmically based on an African motif. The ''habanera rhythm'' (also known as ''congo'', ''tango-congo'', or ''tango'' ) can be thought of as a combination of tresillo and the backbeat. Wynton Marsalis considers tresillo to be the New Orleans "clave," although technically, the pattern is only half a clave. "St. Louis Blues" (1914) by W. C. Handy has a habanera-tresillo bass line. Handy noted a reaction to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
