Of all the genres of music I never thought I'd love, I'm finding that I really love some afro-cuban type jazz. BUT I don't know any good artists. If any of you dudes know of some good, preferably crazy and technical type stuff, let me know! Especially the stuff with the crazy drumming.
I like that ^^^ based on skimming through it since I don't have time to listen to the whole thing just right now. I listen to the local jazz radio in the back room where I work and it's hard to hear or remember the names of musicians when they say them. I'll try and write some down if I catch them tomorrow. There's also a certain scale or mode or something that they play in a lot (with the steel drums or whatever), but I have no clue what it's called.
I'll try and get a bit more specific tomorrow; I'm about to pass out fer now
Hmm, that stuff is fun, but the stuff I've heard on the radio is faster; the drums and percussion is all kinds of weird. Haha, maybe I'm being too specific.... I like the stuff (in jazz, and music in general) where you have a hard time figuring out what time signature they're playing in.
Re: Afro-cuban type jazz?
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 2:06 am
by Chankgeez
So, you're looking for more polyrhythmic stuff?
Try to find out some of the names of the people you've heard. Once we have a few names to go on, I can direct you to similar sounding music.
There's tons of Latin percussion heavy music to listen to. Not all of it is "Afro-Cuban" or "Jazz".
This probably isn't quite what you're looking for either, but I love this stuff:
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Nothing Cuban about Joe Cuba except his name.
Re: Afro-cuban type jazz?
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 2:24 am
by Chankgeez
Also probably not what you want, but sometimes there're guitars in Latin music.
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Or even stuff like this fuzzy guitar intro:
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Re: Afro-cuban type jazz?
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:56 pm
by gunslinger_burrito
Ok, I got a name today. Eddie Palmieri. I guess he's a Latin pianist. But all the latin/cuban/afro stuff is interesting. And yes, more poly-rhythmic stuff too. The scale/mode I'm after is whatever he's playing on the piano.
Edit: I really like this track, and stuff that's similar, but he has a lot more vocal-oriented stuff that I'm not so into.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfJV-ehVOGw[/youtube]
Re: Afro-cuban type jazz?
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:28 pm
by Chankgeez
Yeah, that track is really nice.
Eddie Palmieri's Puerto Rican. So, yeah, he's a Latin pianist.
Now I know what you're looking for, I'll have to find some good stuff for you.
