The right hand part in the last two measures is similar to a bell pattern I've seen associated with a Mozambique feel. In the 50's fashion, they play the Latin feel on the intro and A sections only, and swing the rest of the tune, including the solos. Notice that Blakey seems to have a hard time not swinging the rhythm.
Audio after the break:
This band has a huge sound. Note that around 1:20 the drums and piano do a thing which gets severely abused today, but would have been very modern at the time— they land big accents together every three beats for several measures:
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