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Originally Posted by Nigel
Is Perez Prado considered latin jazz?
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Not really - he was kind of exclusive to the traditional Mambo, right? I doubt he incorporated much jazz into his music. BUT, this is where we get the grey area where defining what designates something as one thing or another. And, I'm not familiar enough with Perez Prado's work to say for sure.
He would definitely have been a big influence on guys like Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente et al.
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