ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Afro-Cuban jazz

So, you know how jazz music sounds kind of like you can't really predict what the musicians are going to play next? Well, Afro-Cuban jazz is a really cool kind of jazz that combines American jazz with music from Cuba.

In Cuba, there are different styles of music that use instruments like drums, congas, and bongos to make really cool rhythms and beats. And in Afro-Cuban jazz, they mix those rhythms with the sounds of saxophones, trumpets, and pianos to make really exciting and unpredictable music.

It's like if you mixed your favorite toys together to make a new, super fun toy that you never knew existed before!

So when you listen to Afro-Cuban jazz, you might hear a really cool trumpet solo one minute and then suddenly someone could start playing the congas and the whole sound changes. It's really fun to listen to and makes you want to dance!