I liked this!

I find it fascinating to listen to the clave variations. The instrument is not "trapped" like usual, but your pattern is reasonably consistent.

Of course, that still means the clave police might come after you. It feels closest to a 2 - 3 clave pattern, without the third beat in the 3 part. This is sort of like saying, "I think I'll go to the".

The thing that will probably drive some purists up the wall the most is the first part - the 2 part, with three quick beats including that beat on beat 1 that is normally silent. That might be disconcerting to a "straight" Latin player, but I love the hybrid stuff so I'm not a good judge.

The bass is fine, very straightforward samba pattern; nothing to comment on there.

I thought your pattern was a lot of fun to listen to and would be very solid to blow over.


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