Panamericana

Following what I pointed out in our class about our performance in December, I found an example that comes close.

This piece is called "Panamericana" from the famous Latin jazz saxophonist Paquito De Rivera. In simple words, the Panamericana is a set of highways that connect the American continent from Alaska to Quellon (Chile). And as you will note, in this piece the tour begins with the tango (Argentina), passing through a Guarani group (ie, from Paraguay), as well as through the bossa nova (Brazil) and other Central American rhythms. Of course none of these "landscapes" is portrayed literally, since what is being valued is precisely the fusion of styles as if it were the union of the peoples, marking that the important thing is what unites us, NOT what divides and individualize us.