Comparing the music of New Orleans with the music of Cuba, Wynton Marsalis observes that tresillo is the New Orleans "clavé", a Spanish word meaning "code" or "key", as in the key to a puzzle, or mystery."Wynton Marsalis part 2." 60 Minutes. CBS News (June 26, 2011). Although the pattern is only half a clave, Marsalis makes the point that the single-celled figure is the guide-pattern of New Orleans music. Jelly Roll Morton called the rhythmic figure the Spanish tinge and considered it an essential ingredient of jazz.Morton, Jelly Roll (1938: Library of Congress Recording) The Complete Recordings By Alan Lomax.
Comparing the m?usic of New Orleans with the music of Cuba, Wynton Marsalis observes that tresillo is the New Orleans "clavé", a Spanish word meaning "code" or "key", as in the key to a puzzle, or mystery."Wynton Marsalis part 2." 60 Minutes. CBS News (June 26, 2011). Although the pattern is only half a clave, Marsalis makes the point that the single-celled figure is the guide-pattern of New. Orleans music. Jelly Roll Morton called the rhythmic figure the Spanish tinge and considered it an essential ingredient of jazz.Morton, Jelly Roll (1938: Library of Congress Recording) The Complete Recordings By Alan Lomax.