Question about Paquito's Guataca City

[Largedon]

I'm am beginning to work on Guataca City for one of my bands and to be honest, latin is not a strength of mine yet (just ordered the "Latin Bass Book"). Is this song an example of a tumbao (sp?) latin groove? If not, what is it. Also, any pointers on "feeling" or internalizing the clave for this song would be appreciated so I can open it up a bit during the solo sections. I want to have it ready for rehearsal on Sunday

Thanks in advance for the info.

[VroomVroom]

GREAT song! Have fun with it! If you think 'and of 2' and '4' you'll be on the right track. Lead the chord changes on beat 4 of the "previous" bar and dig in.

BTW, that entire album is just ridiculous. Paquito's version of "All The Things You Are" is out of this world.