A musician with this nickname recorded a jam at the Montreux Jazz Festival with Jamaican pianist Monty Alexander a year after his tour with Othello Molineaux (“moh-lee-NOH”) introduced steelpan to jazz. For 10 points each:
[10e] Give this nickname shared by the Jamaican hard bop trumpeter on Asia Minor and the bebop trumpeter on Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods, who composed “Salt Peanuts.”
ANSWER: Dizzy [accept Dizzy Gillespie or John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie or Dizzy Gillespie Jam; accept Dizzy Reece or Alphonso Son “Dizzy” Reece; prompt on Gillespie or Reece by asking “what was his nickname?”]
[10h] Dizzy Gillespie wrote “Cubop” Latin jazz tracks like “Manteca” with Chano Pozo after this musician introduced them. He played sax on the son (“soan”) “The Peanut Vendor” and defined Afro-Cuban jazz with the hit “Tangá” (“tan-GAH”).
ANSWER: Mario Bauzá (“bao-SAH”) [or Prudencio Mario Bauzá Cárdenas; prompt on Cárdenas]
[10m] In descarga sessions with Bauzá and Machito, Uvaldo Nieto played this Cuban percussion instrument whose “king” was Tito Puente. Ralph Irizarry’s Latin jazz septet is named for these stand-mounted drums.
ANSWER: timbales (“tim-BAH-lee’s”) [or timbaletas, timbalitos, timbales criollos, or pailas criollas; accept timbaleros; accept Timbalaye]
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