The song I chose is Manteca by Chano Pozo & Dizzy Gillespie. It is one of the first Afro-Cuban Jazz songs that became a jazz standard. I was familiar with this piece before, and after learning more about the style, I thought I would share it. Chano Pozo wasa Cuban jazz percussionist and worked closely with Dizzy Gillespie on this chart. Manteca was a foundational song for the emerging genre of Afro-Cuban jazz. The 3-2 son clave pattern can be heard distinctly at around 2:45, and continues on that groove for a significant amount of time, then going into a solo that Chano Pozo plays. The main rhythm of the melody is the same as a very common mambo bell pattern as well. Overall, I chose this song because I was interested by the story behind the collaboration between Gillespie and Pozo after diving into the song’s history. 

Here is the link: https://youtu.be/SsQIuyzZ560?feature=shared