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salsa. Ohio has little to do with the history of salsa, but I like the state flag. 1 st use of term. “ Échale Salsita” a son by Cuban composer Ignacio Piñeras, 1937 “put some sauce on it” or “spice it up a little”. More significant – Afro-Cuban jazz.

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  1. salsa Ohio has little to do with the history of salsa, but I like the state flag

  2. 1st use of term “Échale Salsita” a son by Cuban composer Ignacio Piñeras, 1937 “put some sauce on it” or “spice it up a little”

  3. More significant – Afro-Cuban jazz • U.S. big-band swing & jazz era, 1940s-1950s • Dizzy Gillespie & Chano Pozo, “Manteca,” 1947 •  legendary Cuban brothers-in-law Machito and Mario Bauzá • Puerto Rican (or "Nuyorican") bandleaders Tito Rodríguez and Tito Puente • Tito Puente, “Mambo Gozon,” 1957 timbales

  4. until mid-60s, the Latin sound is an integral part of the American popular music soundscape • Check out The Beatles “And I Love Her” or “I’m Just Happy to Dance with You” from Hard Day’s Night, 1964 but rock & African-American styles come to dominate pop music. A new force rises to fill this empty cultural space . . .

  5. Fania Records - 1967 • founded by Dominican flutist Johnny Pacheco, exclusively dedicated to "tropical Latin" music • 1960s: Nuyorican trombonist/composer Willie Colón and Panamanian-born singer/composer Rubén Blades • 1970s: Eddie Palmieri, Ray Barretto, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Hector Lavoe and many others join • Salsa internationally hot – on the U.S. East Coast, also in South America as well as Central America; even European, Japanese and African audiences. Venezuela, Colombia, Puerto Rico become salsa powerhouses – markets and creators   Adapted from Rebeca Mauleón

  6. Willie Colón/Hector Lavoe • “Che Che Cole” • “world-salsa” style combines many styles (PR, Brazil, African) • lyrics have similar “let’s all dance” theme: • I dance in Venezuela,I dance in Panama.This rhythm is African . . .

  7. What distinguishes salsa from its Cuban predecessors? While the roots of salsa are firmly imbedded in the Cuban son and its descendents (such as the mambo, cha-cha-chá and guaracha), there are four main factors in how it became its own genre: an increased use of trombones; the important role of the Cuban timbales in the ensemble; the modern harmony associated with jazz music; and the incorporation of Puerto Rican rhythms, instruments and stylistic elements. — Rebeca Mauleón

  8. “salsa” v. “son” • insult? does not respect distinct cultures; “all you people look alike” • rip-off, not acknowledging Cuban roots? • artifact of anti-Soviet/anti-communist politics? • pan-Latino? political unity • useful term? Sells more! • necessary term – recognizes hybrid nature of the music

  9. Two wings of the same bird?

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