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Salsa Dura is an album by the American trombonist Jimmy Bosch, released in 1999. [2] [3] The title translates to "hard salsa", Bosch's descriptor for his music, and the style of salsa that was less popular than the salsa romántica of the 1990s. [4] [5] Bosch also named his band Salsa Dura. [6]
Salsa dura, also known as salsa brava or salsa gorda, [1] is a style of salsa music developed in the 1970s with an emphasis on the instrumental part of the music (piano, bass, horns, percussion, etc.) over the lead vocals. The genre originated in New York City where large ensembles such as Fania All-Stars adapted the salsa genre to a descarga ...
Hits by two late Latin music icons whose ballads and salsa songs are constants in playlists across generations have been inducted into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress.
Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso was born on 21 October 1925, at 47 Serrano Street in the Santos Suárez neighborhood of Havana, Cuba. [10] [3] [11] Her father, Simón Cruz, was a railway stoker, and her mother, Catalina Alfonso Ramos, a housewife of Haitian descent who took care of an extended family. [3]
La Excelencia is an eleven piece salsa dura band from New York City founded in 2005 by percussionists Julian Silva and Jose Vazquez-Cofresi. [1] [2] The band's music has a salsa dura style, with themes incorporating immigration, poverty, and discrimination. [3] La Excelencia recorded and released three albums in their first seven years.
Albums. Sonora Carruseles has released many albums over the years. [4] Espectacular, (1995) Salsa y Fuego, (1996) Heavy Salsa, (1998) Con Todos Los Hierros, (2000) De Una Vez Gozando, (2002) La Salsa La Traigo Yo, (2003) Que No Pare la Rumba, (2004) Somos los Duros de la Salsa, (2006) Mucho Mejor, (2008) Maestro de la Salsa Dura, (2009) Rumba ...
"The Essential") is the fourth greatest hits album by the American salsa band Dark Latin Groove. It was released on December 7, 2004 through Legacy Recordings , Sony BMG and Sony Music Latin . Part of the Lo Esencial compilation album series, it contains songs from his first studio album Dark Latin Groove released in 1996 by Sony Discos to his ...
Siembra is the second of four collaborative duo albums produced by Rubén Blades and Willie Colón. During its time, it was the best-selling salsa record in history. [4] [5] It has sold over three million copies worldwide, [6] and almost all of its songs were hits at one time or another in various Latin American countries.