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Machito
Machito
Latin jazz musician
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Arsenio Rodríguez
Arsenio Rodríguez
Cuban musician
2
Mario Rivera
Mario Rivera
Dominican musician, composer and arranger
3
Bobby Sanabria
Bobby Sanabria
American musician
4
Chico O'Farrill
Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
5
Mongo Santamaría
Mongo Santamaría
Cuban musician
6
Tito Puente
Tito Puente
American musician, songwriter and record producer (1923-2000)
7
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Conga player
8
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
9
Graciela
Graciela
American singer
10
Cándido Camero
Cándido Camero
Cuban percussionist
11
Ignacio Berroa
Ignacio Berroa
Cuban musician
12
Issac Delgado
Issac Delgado
musician, salsa performer
13
Michael Philip Mossman
Michael Philip Mossman
American musician
14
Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
15
Eddie Palmieri
Eddie Palmieri
American recording artist; pianist
16
Cachao
Cachao
Cuban musician
17
Arturo O'Farrill
Arturo O'Farrill
Cuban-American musician
18
Arturo Sandoval
Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
19
Armando Peraza
Armando Peraza
Cuban percussionist
20
Francisco Aguabella
Francisco Aguabella
Cuban master percussionist
21
Chano Pozo
Chano Pozo
Cuban musician
22
Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair
African-American blues musician
23
Vitín Avilés
Vitín Avilés
singer
24
Jerry Gonzalez
Jerry Gonzalez
American musician
25
Antonio Machín
Antonio Machín
Cuban musician
26
Shunzo Ohno
Shunzo Ohno
Japanese jazz trumpet player, composer and arranger (1949-)
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Mario Bauzá (April 28, 1911 – July 11, 1993) was a jazz, Latin, and Afro-Cuban jazz musician. He was among the first to introduce Cuban music to the United States by bringing Cuban musical styles to the New York City jazz scene. While Cuban bands had had popular jazz tunes in their repertoire for years, Bauzá's composition "Tangá" was the first piece to blend jazz harmony and arranging technique, with jazz soloists and Afro-Cuban rhythms. It is considered the first true Afro-Cuban jazz or Latin jazz tune.