404 PART 4 | SINCE WORLD WAR II
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0:00 introduction 2 bars: 3 pickup notes lead to the fi rst downbeat.
0:04 vamp 6 bars: piano montuno and Latin percussion for
2 bars, then joined by saxes in repeating 2-bar riff.
0:15 4 bars: trumpets add descant.
0:23 introduction Return of introduction to signal the chorus.
0:27 chorus Oye cayuco
Oye mi chachacha
Pero mira baila baila cayuquin
Como tu baila
Como tu goza mi chachacha8 bars: vocal ensemble and solo voice.0:42 tag 2-bar tag for full band.
0:46 vamp 8 bars: piano and saxes alternate two chords a
half-step apart, over an active bass and Latin
percussion.
1:01 transition 2-bar transition for full band.
1:04 vamp 8 bars: saxes play a repeating 2-bar riff.
1:20 8 bars: trumpets add a descant.
1:35 transition 2-bar transition for full band.
1:38 introduction Return of intro to signal another chorus.
1:43 chorus Oye cayuco... As before.
1:58 tag As before.
2:02 vamp 4 bars, with new sax riff.
2:09 8 bars, with new trumpet descant over sax riff.
2:25 coda 4 bars based on the introduction, with extended
last note.songwriter: Tito Puente
genre: Latin jazz
date: 1957
performers: Santito Colón, vocalist.
Instrumentation: voices, trumpets,
saxophones, piano, bass, percussion (multiple
players: timbales, congas, bongos, guïro)
meter: duple
form: vamps and chorusWHAT TO LISTEN FOR- Latin rhythms layered in polyrhythmic
ostinatos - Colorful sound of multiple Latin
percussion instruments
CD 3.10 Listening Guide 16.4 “El cayuco” TITO PUENTE AND HIS ORCHESTRA172028_16_386-411_r3_sd.indd 404 23/01/13 10:56 AM