Question

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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BrownIllinois100010
Chicago DNorth Carolina B0000
Claremont CollegesMcGill100010
Columbia BBerkeley A100010
Cornell AWaterloo100010
South CarolinaCornell B0000
IndianaVirginia100010
North Carolina AKentucky100010
VanderbiltMaryland1001020
Columbia AMinnesota A1001020
NorthwesternPenn0000
Toronto AFlorida100010
MichiganToronto B100010
WUSTL ARutgers100010
Arizona StateYale A0000