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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 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. A standard by (*) Mongo Santamaria is called “[this prefix] Blue.” The names of Latin jazz’s two main subtypes begin with this prefix. (10[2])Jazz, funk, and highlife were fused to create a style whose name begins with this (10[1])prefix on albums like Zombie and Expensive Shit. For 10 points, Nigerian saxophonist Fela Kútì 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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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vinu HariharStanford+Cry of the Common Loon10510
Vincent Dunumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haikuBerkeley10510
Neil GurramA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?12010

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%0%110.00
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%17%17%117.67
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%0%0%119.33
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%0%99.00