Latin Jazz 101

azz pushes at perceived boundaries and eagerly integrates with other genres. It can be regional, such as New Orleans jazz, Chicago jazz, and Kansas City jazz. It can have defined parameters, as big-band swing and bebop do. There can be subtle blending, as found in cool and modal jazz; rugged individualism, as in hard bop; and extreme dynamics, as in avant-garde jazz, third stream, and free jazz. And then there is the true cross-cultural sound of Latin jazz, which incorporates musical elements from the Spanish-