Editing Jazz (section)

====Rhythm====
[[File:Randy Weston.jpg|thumb|upright|Randy Weston]]

The first [[jazz standard]] composed by a non-Latino to use an overt African {{music|time|12|8}} cross-rhythm was [[Wayne Shorter]]'s "[[Footprints (composition)|Footprints]]" (1967).<ref>"Footprints" ''Miles Smiles'' (Miles Davis). Columbia CD (1967).</ref> On the version recorded on ''Miles Smiles'' by [[Miles Davis]], the bass switches to a {{music|time|4|4}} [[tresillo (rhythm)|tresillo]] figure at 2:20. "Footprints" is not, however, a [[Latin jazz]] tune: African rhythmic structures are accessed directly by [[Ron Carter]] (bass) and [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]] (drums) via the rhythmic sensibilities of [[Swing (jazz performance style)|swing]]. Throughout the piece, the four beats, whether sounded or not, are maintained as the temporal referent. The following example shows the {{music|time|12|8}} and {{music|time|4|4}} forms of the bass line. The slashed noteheads indicate the main [[beat music|beats]] (not bass notes), where one ordinarily taps their foot to "keep time".

: <score lang="lilypond">
{
       \relative c, <<
        \new Staff <<
           \new voice {
              \clef bass \time 12/8 \key c \minor
              \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 100      
              \stemDown \override NoteHead.style = #'cross \repeat volta 2 { es4. es es es }
       }
          \new voice {
              \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 100     
              \time 12/8
              \stemUp \repeat volta 2 { c'4 g'8~ g c4 es4.~ es4 g,8 } \bar ":|."
       } >>
       \new Staff <<
          \new voice {
              \clef bass \time 12/8 \key c \minor
              \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = 4/4
              \scaleDurations 3/2 {
                  \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 8 = 100      
                  \stemDown \override NoteHead.style = #'cross \repeat volta 2 { es,4 es es es }
              }
       }
          \new voice \relative c' {
              \time 12/8
              \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = 4/4
              \scaleDurations 3/2 {
                  \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 100     
                  \stemUp \repeat volta 2 { c,8. g'16~ g8 c es4~ es8. g,16 } \bar ":|."
              }
       } >>
  >> }
</score>