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Mini-jazz (Haitian Creole: mini-djaz) is a reduced méringue-compas band format of the mid-1960s characterized by the rock band formula of two guitars, one bass, and drum-conga-cowbell; some use an alto sax or a full horn section, while others use a keyboard, accordion or lead guitar.
- ^ South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Vol. 2. Garland Publishing. 1998. p. 892. ISBN 0824060350.