Styles of jazz influenced by Latin American music

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<p><b>Latin jazz</b> is a genre of <a href="/en/Jazz" title="Jazz" class="wl">jazz</a> with <a href="/en/Latin_America" title="Latin America" class="wl">Latin American</a> rhythms. The two main categories are <a href="/en/Afro-Cuban_jazz" title="Afro-Cuban jazz" class="wl">Afro-Cuban jazz</a>, rhythmically based on Cuban popular dance music, with a rhythm section employing <a href="/en/Ostinato" title="Ostinato" class="wl">ostinato</a> patterns or a <a href="/en/Clave_(rhythm)" title="Clave (rhythm)" class="wl">clave</a>, and Afro-Brazilian jazz, which includes <a href="/en/Samba" title="Samba" class="wl">samba</a> and <a href="/en/Bossa_nova" title="Bossa nova" class="wl">bossa nova</a>.</p>

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Latin jazz is a genre of jazz with Latin American rhythms. The two main categories are Afro-Cuban jazz, rhythmically based on Cuban popular dance music, with a rhythm section employing ostinato patterns or a clave, and Afro-Brazilian jazz, which includes samba and bossa nova. 