Jazz Radio Latin Jazz

Jazz Radio Latin Jazz merges European cultural assumptions about jazz with Latin American rhythmic traditions. The combination's historical roots run deep - Cuban son influenced early jazz, Brazilian bossa nova emerged partly through dialogue with American jazz. Contemporary Latin jazz synthesizes these lineages into something distinct. Clave rhythms underlying compositions, horn sections approaching improvisation through tonal rather than chromatic vocabulary, percussion arrangements emphasizing polyrhythm. French radio has historically engaged seriously with jazz as cultural form. This stati…