Latin Jazz has been an important and evolving current in jazz since the mid-1940s, when Dizzy Gillespie invited the legendary Cuban conga drummer Chano Pozo to join his big band. However, Latin rhythms were present in jazz even earlier, as proven by such recordings as Louis Armstrong’s 1930 “The Peanut Vendor” (a reworking of Cuban pianist and conductor Moisés Simóns’ “El Manicero”). Even such an iconic jazz piece as W. C. Handy’s 1914 “St. Louis Blues” has a habanera-tresillo bass line.

Latin Jazz would gain prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, with such celebrated figures as Ray Barretto, Cándido Camero, Tito Puente, Bebo Valdés, Pérez Prado, and Mongo Santamaría. Many American artists, such as Gerald Wilson, Quincy Jones, and the aforementioned Dizzy Gillespie, even composed their own Latin songs, as did pianist Herbie Hancock, whose “Watermelon Man” became a hit after being recorded by Mongo Santamaría.

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CD 1

1. Herbie hancock - watermelon man
2. Mongo santamaria - bluchanga
3. Tito puente - chino
4. Ray barretto - cocinando suave
5. Bobby montez - titoro
6. Eddie "lockjaw" davis & ray barretto - guanco lament
7. Sergio mendes - love for sale
8. Mark murphy - it's like love
9. Mongo santamaria - all the things you are
10. Ray barretto - manha de carnaval
11. Francisco aguabella orchestra - que mambo
12. Tito puente - el cayuco
13. Quincy jones - boogie bossa nova
14. Perez prado - quizas, quizas, quizas
15. Bebo valdes - estoy matizando
16. Herbie mann with patato valdes - todos locos
17. Peruchin - la mulata rumbera
18. Ray barretto - summertime
19. Cal tjader con armando peraza - misty
20. Candido camero - afro blue

CD 2

1. Ray barretto - pachanga suavecito
2. Gerald wilson with modesto duran - viva tirado
3. Tito puente with bobby rodriguez - hong kong mambo
4. Sabu martinez - the oracle
5. Mongo santamaria - watermelon man
6. Jack costanzo - latin fever
7. Joe cuba - stormy weather
8. Chico o'farrill with tata guines - lagrimas negras
9. Mauricio smith - doug's room
10. Dizzy gillespie - tin tin deo
11. George shearing with armando peraza - caravan
12. Quincy jones - soul bossa nova
13. Ben e. king - amor
14. Tito puente - oye como va
15. Eddie palmieri - conmigo
16. Perez prado - mambo no.5
17. Efrain mon rivera - lluvia con nieve
18. Tito puente & ray barretto - el bajo
19. Red garland & ray barretto - manteca
20. Tito puente - caramelos
21. Celia cruz - marcianita

CD 3

1. Cachao - descarga cubana
2. Dizzy gillespie & chano pozo - manteca
3. Cal tjader with armando peraza - ongreen dolphin street
4. Bebo valdes with tata guines - special del bebo
5. Joe cuba - temptation
6. Machito with cannonball adderley, c. camero - congo mulence
7. Peruchin with tata guines - out of nowhere
8. Tito puente - mambo beat
9. Ray barretto - jazz pachanga
10. Mongo santamaria with willie bobo - afro blue
11. Perez prado & shorty rogers - i can't get started
12. Candido camero - exactly like you
13. Noro morales - saona
14. Eddie "lockjaw" davis & ray barretto - afro jaws
15. Sergio mendes - what is this thing called love?
16. Charlie parker & machito - mango mangue
17. George shearing with armando peraza - mambo inn [live]
18. Machito with chino pozo - cancion
19. Kenny dorham & patato valdes - afrodisia
20. Stan kenton - the peanut vendor
21. Billy taylor & joe holiday - i love you much too much
22. Ray barretto - descarga la moderna
23. James moody with chano pozo - tin tin deo

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