Latin Jazz
　　
　　Of all the post-swing styles, Latin Jazz has been the most consistently popular and it is easy to see why. The emphasis on percussion and Cuban rhythms make the style quite danceable and accessible. Essentially, it is a mixture of bop-oriented jazz with Latin percussion. Among the pioneers in mixing together the two styles in the 1940s were the big bands of Dizzy Gillespie and Machito, and the music (which has never gone out of style) has remained a viable force through the 1990s, played most notably by the bands of Tito Puente and Poncho Sanchez. The style has not changed much during the past 40 years but it still communicates to today´s listeners. Latin jazz is also sometimes called Afro-Cuban jazz, a term preferred by Mario Bauza and Ray Barretto
　　
　　拉丁爵士乐
　　
　　在所有后--摇摆乐的形式中，拉丁爵士向来最受青睐。原因很简单：它对于打击乐器和古巴旋律的偏重，使得这一音乐形式相当合适跳舞，且易于理解。从本质上来说，它是博普爵士和拉丁打击乐的混合。在四十年代时那些将这两种音乐元素融合的先驱之中，有两支大乐队值得一提，那就是Dizzy Gillespie和Machito，而这样的音乐（之后再也没有改换过形式）即使是在九十年代仍十分盛行，目前最著名的演奏乐队莫过于Tito Puente和Poncho Sanchez了。虽然在其间的四十多年里这一音乐形式并没有很大的变化，它仍为今天的听众所接受。拉丁爵士有时也被称作为非洲-古巴爵士，这是Mario Bauza和Ray Barretto更爱使用的称呼。