Swinging Latin Drum Grooves

This lesson brought to you by Just Percussion, Brisbane. Get the PDF worksheet at These swinging latin grooves came out of the bebop era, when Cuban percussion rhythms were being introduced to American jazz. They are often used in songs that change between a straight latin feel and the tripletbased swing feel Green Dolphin Street). They are played straight in the demonstration video, but can also be played with swung eighthnotes whe