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This prefix begins the name of Arturo O’Farrill’s jazz orchestra, whose Grammy-winning albums include Fandango At the Wall and Four Questions. The name of Ray Lugo’s band follows the reclaimed pejorative “Kokolo” with this prefix. This prefix titles a D minor jazz standard in 6/8 time that was reinterpreted as an F minor jazz waltz (15[1])in a version John Coltrane recorded live at Birdland. This prefix begins the title of a 1973 album whose hit single, subtitled “Chop & Quench,” features drummer Tony Allen. (15[1])A standard by (*) Mongo Santamaria is called “[this prefix] Blue.” The names of Latin jazz’s two main subtypes begin with this prefix. Jazz, funk, and highlife were fused to create a style whose name begins with this prefix on albums like Zombie and Expensive Shit. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Nigerian saxophonist Fela Kútì (10[1])developed a style named for what prefix and “beat”? ■END■

ANSWER: afro- [accept Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra; accept Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra; accept Afrodisiac; accept afrobeat; accept “Afro Blue”; accept Afro-Cuban; accept Afro-Brazilian; reject “afrobeats”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Benjamin ChapmanSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country5415
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers8315
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha12810
Jared HeYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitas rational as the square root of two power bottoms13110
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere13510

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