"Afro Blue" is a composition by legendary percussionist Mongo Santamaria, first recorded in 1959 with Cal Tjader's sextet, and has since been established as a timeless jazz standard, not the least due the the John Coltrane live recording from 1963. It's a great example of hemiolic relationships, moving between rhythmic layers of 4, 6 and 12 and in Tranes's case also 3. This version, with singer Kandace Springs, is an arrangement by our "Composer In Residence" Vince Mendoza (also conducting), als
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