[Dixielandjazz] Spanish songs from New Orleans

[Charles Suhor]

I’ve always wondered if the claims of Spanish and Caribbean influences on early jazz were exaggerated. The tango craze and Morton’s few left hand tango rhythms are cited, but I don't hear a more widespread or pervasive influence in early jazz The Spanish flamenco dance rhythms, with tapping and castanets, seem a good candidate, but the where do those show up in early jazz? I’d like to be convinced otherwise, but it seems that ragtime syncopations that carried over to jazz and the fluid triplet feeling of jazz phrasing are dependably derived from African sources. Any help from you-all would be appreciated.

Charlie


> On Oct 23, 2015, at 4:22 PM, Kevin Yeates <kyeates at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I have greatly enjoyed the few Spanish tunes I have heard that are in the trad jazz genre. Unfortunately they seem to be few and far between (or my massive musical ignorance is on full display). I know of The Cure, and St Louis Blues with its Latin part. After that I am running short on tunes. 
> 
> Could some of those more knowledgeable on this list provide the names of some other "Spanish" tunes?
> Kevin YeatesVancouver, Canada
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