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- Its matchless roster of musicians and the hard, streetwise music it produced in its heyday inspired an almost cultish loyalty among fans, and helped define New York as salsa's capital.
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Oct 14, 2022 · Decades before the twirling, hip-shaking grooves of salsa music exploded into a global phenomenon, it emerged from the glitzy New York mambo clubs in the 1940s and 1950s and made its way to...
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Salsa, hybrid musical form based on Afro-Cuban music but incorporating elements from other Latin American styles. It developed largely in New York City beginning in the 1940s and ’50s, and it peaked in popularity in the 1970s. A dance associated with the music is also known as ‘salsa.’
“Rhythm & Power: Salsa in New York,” a new exhibit opening Wednesday at the Museum of the City of New York, traces how the Big Apple would give rise to this kinetic, poly-rhythmic fusion characterized by politically charged lyrics and brawny instrumentals.
Aug 23, 2024 · What we now call salsa evolved in New York City from Cuban son dance music played by artists from many Caribbean countries in New York’s Puerto Rican communities in the 1940s-80s. It derives from “cubop” Latin jazz (jazz with clave), which was defined in New York City by Mario Bauzá, music director for Machito and His Afro-Cubans in 1943 ...
Jun 7, 2017 · “Rhythm and Power: Salsa in New York,” at the Museum of the City of New York, follows the evolution of the dancing and the music.
New York Style Salsa evolved from Mambo during the 1960s-70s in New York City’s Latin bars and clubs. The city’s diverse Hispanic community brought together influences from Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Colombia which blended with American jazz elements to create this unique salsa variant.
This music had flourished for decades not only in Puerto Rico, but in New York City itself–the crucible of some of the most vital developments in Latin music, including the big-band mambo of the fifties.
