(idm) latin beats Q

From Irene McC
Sent Tue, Aug 3rd 1999, 14:23

Can somebody please give me a brief overview of the various Latin 
beats and rhythms - how they differ from each other, their specific 
features, time signatures, examples, influences on IDM, etc??   I 
can think of a few, but there are more - eg. Mamba/ tango / salsa / 
bossa-nova / samba.

Any information gladly received!
Oh, and please don't waffle about Jennifer Lopez ;-)

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