II MOVEMENT : TAMBO JAZZ

During the late 1970s, Panamanian musicians particularized a new label for Panamanian jazz: tambo jazz. This signification established the identity of musicians who stayed in Panama and did not necessarily break ties with the region and their unique way of playing jazz. These musicians were bilingual in English and Spanish, as well as the language of music. They were informed by swing, bebop, calypso, salsa, cumbia, bolero, other Latin rhythms such as tamboritos, other folkloric music of Panama, and folk instruments like the tambor Panameño. Here is an incomplete list of Tambo Jazz Musicians.