I was going through the latin lover bass part & noticed that in m.13 there is no tie on beat 1 of the buzzes. just want to make sure i learn it right for auditions. also what do the the slashes mean on the 5th bass part from m.9-15?

Mike - thank you for catching this. It is in fact a typo.

Measure 13 in the Green Beats version of "Latin Lover" should have a tie on the first bass drum buzz roll.

We'll fix this for the next print run of Green Beats.

I saw a video of The Cavaliers playing Latin Lover and I think the slashes mean to muffle the bass drum.

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I saw a video of The Cavaliers playing Latin Lover and I think the slashes mean to muffle the bass drum.
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This is correct. Probably not any sort of standard notation, but the 5th bass part is intended to be muffled with the left hand when you encounter this notehead.