Hist of Jazz Cha 6 Questions and
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Founding fathers of the Tropicalia movement
Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil
Riffs
Short, recurring patterns (ostinatos) that are repeated over and over, often with
variations, and layered atop the other. Important feature of arrangements in mambo,
salsa, and other Latin music styles.
Cha Cha Cha
A Cuban dance-music genre characterized by relatively simple dance rhythms and
singing; originated with Enrique Jorrin around 1950 and eventually gained international
popularity.
Samba
Umbrella term for a wide range of musical traditions of Brazil that share in common
Afro-Brazilian musical and cultural ancestry; energetic percussion, call-and-response
singing, improvisation, and grand spectacle including dance and dramatic
presentations.
Bossa Nova
Brazilian genre that emerged in the late 1950s and achieved great popularity in Brazil
and internationally in the 1960s. Combined elements of Samba and jazz in a cool, laid-
back style.
Tropicalia
Radical and innovative movement in Brazilian arts, culture, and social activism of the
late 1960s that privileged an aesthetic of so-called cannibalism.
Musical Cannibalism
The selective devouring of elements of foreign cultures for absorption and
transformation into Brazilian cultural products.
Tango
Sensuous dance-music style of Argentina and Uruguay that achieved international
popularity in 1920s -1930s and was developed and transformed in later years by the
innovations of modern masters such as Astor Piazolla
Steel Band
Large percussion orchestra of Trinidad and Tobago. Features pans (steel drums), that
are made from oil drums.
Mariachi
Popular music of Mexico that developed mainly in Mexico City through the synthesis of
regional forms from rural areas and an eclectic range of Mexican and international
musical styles.
Latin music
Musics of Latin America and Latino/American communities in the U.S and elsewhere as
well.
Rumba
Answers
Founding fathers of the Tropicalia movement
Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil
Riffs
Short, recurring patterns (ostinatos) that are repeated over and over, often with
variations, and layered atop the other. Important feature of arrangements in mambo,
salsa, and other Latin music styles.
Cha Cha Cha
A Cuban dance-music genre characterized by relatively simple dance rhythms and
singing; originated with Enrique Jorrin around 1950 and eventually gained international
popularity.
Samba
Umbrella term for a wide range of musical traditions of Brazil that share in common
Afro-Brazilian musical and cultural ancestry; energetic percussion, call-and-response
singing, improvisation, and grand spectacle including dance and dramatic
presentations.
Bossa Nova
Brazilian genre that emerged in the late 1950s and achieved great popularity in Brazil
and internationally in the 1960s. Combined elements of Samba and jazz in a cool, laid-
back style.
Tropicalia
Radical and innovative movement in Brazilian arts, culture, and social activism of the
late 1960s that privileged an aesthetic of so-called cannibalism.
Musical Cannibalism
The selective devouring of elements of foreign cultures for absorption and
transformation into Brazilian cultural products.
Tango
Sensuous dance-music style of Argentina and Uruguay that achieved international
popularity in 1920s -1930s and was developed and transformed in later years by the
innovations of modern masters such as Astor Piazolla
Steel Band
Large percussion orchestra of Trinidad and Tobago. Features pans (steel drums), that
are made from oil drums.
Mariachi
Popular music of Mexico that developed mainly in Mexico City through the synthesis of
regional forms from rural areas and an eclectic range of Mexican and international
musical styles.
Latin music
Musics of Latin America and Latino/American communities in the U.S and elsewhere as
well.
Rumba
