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NPR: Jazz Night in America

Crate Digging with Christian McBride: A History of Latin Jazz Bass

NPR's Jazz Night in America launches a new series called "Crate Digging," as Christian McBride ably guides us across the bedrock of the Latin jazz bass tradition. Listen to wonderful clips from a 2006 Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra concert, featuring the legendary Cachao, Andy González, Rubén Rodríguez and Charnett Moffett.

-Nick Moy

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NPR Jazz

Where Bossa Nova Came From

The fusing of Brasilian samba and American jazz created the bossa nova. Fifty years later, its lyrical and rhythmic innovations are still a part of the jazz vocabulary. The Gilberto and Jobim rank with Gershwin and Porter in the songwriter pantheon. Five varied examples of where bossa nova came from and where it can go.

-Michael Cuscuna

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