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" I heard the bass playing that part on a ' rumba ' record.

On ' Country Boy ' I had my bass and drums playing a straight swing rhythm and wrote out that ' rumba ' bass part for the saxes to play on top of the swing rhythm.

Later, especially after rock ‘ n ’ roll came along, I made the ' rumba ' bass part heavier and heavier.

I ’ d have the string bass, an electric guitar and a baritone all in unison.

" Bartholomew referred to the Cuban son by the misnomer rumba, a common practice of that time.

Listen: " Country Boy " by Dave Bartholomew ( 1949 ).

Fats Domino's " Blue Monday ," produced by Bartholomew, is another example of this now classic use of tresillo in R & B.

Listen: Fat's Domino's " Blue Monday " ( 1956 ).

On Bartholomew's 1949 tresillo-based " Oh Cubanas " we clearly hear an attempt to blend African American and Afro-Cuban music.

The word mambo, larger than any of the other text, is placed prominently on the 45 ' label.