The brilliant "Night Beat" (1957) represented the most fully realized blend of Afro-Latin dance rhythms and North American jazz that had yet been attempted.

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For any listener familiar with either West African or Afro-Latin music, the songs on Africa Boogaloo tickle the ear with their blend of the familiar and the exotic though which continent's style sounds exotic depends on your hemispheric orientation.

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There is a weightlessness to their movement, which mixes ballet, Latin and Afro-Caribbean styles and even some breakdancing.

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