Editor's info:
Cuba has had a greater impact on popular music and dance worldwide than any other country in Latin America. This album explores the Afro-Cuban roots of salsa and features the best rumba, guaguanco, son, jazz and more from this incredibly rich musical island.
Artists include: Estrellas De Arieto, Sierra Maestra, Afro-Cuban All-Stars, Orlando 'Cachaito' Lopez, Afro Cuban Jazz Project, Los Van Van, Pancho Quinto, Osdalgia, Azúcar Negra, Sama Y El Expreso De Oriente, Elio Revé Jr, Maikel Blanco Y Su Salsa Mayor, Madera Limpia
Featuring a bonus source CD by Sierra Maestra

Musically Rich Island
One country more than any other in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean has had the biggest impact on popular music and dance worldwide, and that country is the island of Cuba! This small nation has produced countless musical styles, rhythms and dances since the first quarter of the twentieth century, including rumba, guaguanco, son, guajira, changuii, danzón, guaracha, conga, charanga, mambo, cha-cha-cha, pilón, pa'ca, mozambique, songo and timba - an endless list that has enriched Latin music globally, particularly through the spread of salsa, the New York Latin music and dance style with Cuban roots.
Two different cultures would influence the development of island's music: Spanish and West African. The Spanish transported thousands of slaves from West Africa to work the Cuban plantations and crop fields. Out of this dark period of history, a new Afro-Cuban culture developed. The Spanish rulers and their African slaves lived side by side, socially and economically worlds apart but interacting culturally, particularly through music and dance. The Spanish brought with them their folk music (including flamenco, with its trademark acoustic guitars), the décima style of poetry (a ten-line form which would become the basis of Cuban guajira), and European classical music and instrumentation (pianos, violins, ce.......
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Editor's info:
Cuba has had a greater impact on popular music and dance worldwide than any other country in Latin America. This album explores the Afro-Cuban roots of salsa and features the best rumba, guaguanco, son, jazz and more from this incredibly rich musical island.
Artists include: Estrellas De Arieto, Sierra Maestra, Afro-Cuban All-Stars, Orlando 'Cachaito' Lopez, Afro Cuban Jazz Project, Los Van Van, Pancho Quinto, Osdalgia, Azúcar Negra, Sama Y El Expreso De Oriente, Elio Revé Jr, Maikel Blanco Y Su Salsa Mayor, Madera Limpia
Featuring a bonus source CD by Sierra Maestra

Musically Rich Island
One country more than any other in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean has had the biggest impact on popular music and dance worldwide, and that country is the island of Cuba! This small nation has produced countless musical styles, rhythms and dances since the first quarter of the twentieth century, including rumba, guaguanco, son, guajira, changuii, danzón, guaracha, conga, charanga, mambo, cha-cha-cha, pilón, pa'ca, mozambique, songo and timba - an endless list that has enriched Latin music globally, particularly through the spread of salsa, the New York Latin music and dance style with Cuban roots.
Two different cultures would influence the development of island's music: Spanish and West African. The Spanish transported thousands of slaves from West Africa to work the Cuban plantations and crop fields. Out of this dark period of history, a new Afro-Cuban culture developed. The Spanish rulers and their African slaves lived side by side, socially and economically worlds apart but interacting culturally, particularly through music and dance. The Spanish brought with them their folk music (including flamenco, with its trademark acoustic guitars), the décima style of poetry (a ten-line form which would become the basis of Cuban guajira), and European classical music and instrumentation (pianos, violins, ce.......
more