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In 1970, Jose Lebron composed '"Salsa y Control," a song that is credited with helping to give a broad category of Latin music the name "salsa." [3] Up until then the mambo, son montuno, guaracha, guaguancó, cha cha cha, etc. had no genre. "Salsa Y Control" helped give this music the name that is now known and acknowledged worldwide.
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Its music video, which featured the actress Mariana Ximenes, [10] was constantly displayed on programs dedicated to both gender in channels such as MTV. In just one year, "Los Hermanos" sold 300,000 copies [11] emplacado and two singles in the hit parade, as the aforementioned "Anna Julia" and the second single, "Primavera". The album also ...
Puerto Rican music promoter Izzy Sanabria claims he was the first to use the word salsa to denote a music genre: In 1973, I hosted the television show Salsa which was the first reference to this particular music as salsa. I was using [the term] salsa, but the music wasn't defined by that. The music was still defined as Latin music.
Grupo Niche is a salsa group founded in 1978 in Cali, Colombia.It enjoyed great popularity throughout Latin America.It was founded by Jairo Varela and Alexis Lozano.Varela remained with the group throughout his life, serving as producer, director, songwriter, vocalist, and guiro player.
Salsa romántica (Spanish of 'romantic salsa') is a soft form of salsa music that emerged between the mid-1980s and early 1990s in New York City, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. It has been criticised for it being supposedly a pale imitation of "real" salsa, often called " salsa dura ".
Juan Valdez is a composer and orchestral director of salsa music in the Dominican Republic. Valdez has composed music for Asdrubar and helped jumpstart Michel "El Buenón"'s career, and has prepared arrangements of songs for numerous other vocalists. Valdez, born in 1962, played with merengue bands in his early years, including Sergio Vargas ...
When the rhythm and music are 'in clave,' a great natural 'swing' is produced, regardless of the tempo. All musicians who write and/or interpret Cuban-based music must be 'clave conscious,' not just the percussionists. [19] Salsa is a potent expression of clave, and clave became a rhythmic symbol of the musical movement, as its popularity spread.