Latin 3

Latin 3 is a Latin-jazz etude for solo flute in A minor. The grace notes are important for creating a jazz flavor, but they are not essential. You might notice a few quotes from some classic rock songs. The first is from Journey's "Who's Crying Now," and the second is too famous to need identification.

Latin 3 has three parts to it. The first is melodic and legato in the style of Pat Metheny. The third part, beginning in bar 72, is more traditionally latin jazz, and evokes sounds of the Afro-Cubano style Dizzy Gillespie brought to America in the 1940s. The middle part is a long transition between the first and third.



Hear a Performance of Latin 3.