"Medianoche" genre: Latin Jazz
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	This was my first attempt at a Latin Jazz tune. Originally written in '88 or '89. This is the third and best recording. My main influences in Latin Jazz are Chick Corea, Chuck Mangione and Carlos Santana. I think you can hear a little influence from all three in this piece.
	Credits: Written and Performed by Anthony J Rodi
	Story Behind the Song I just love the whole Latin Jazz genre. I always like the mix of the minor/major sound and syncopated beat. In the future I'd like to do some more Cuban sounding stuff but this'll do for now. At the time I wrote this piece I was still living in New York and I was playing "Spain" by Chick Corea and Chuck Mangione's "Children of Sanchez" in my college Jazz band. I wanted to emulate that sound. A year later I was living in southern Florida and working in Miami by the airport. A Cuban woman at work and I would go to lunch together sometimes and have a Cuban sandwich called "Medianoche". The title of the song comes from that sandwich and my memories of Miami's Bayside.

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