The Essential Pulse of Latin Music

The development and evolution of 'Salsa' music is a result of a variety of music style predecessors that date back decades and span the planet.

Salsa encompasses a broad range of musical genres, instrumental combinations and cultural influences, ranging from Cuban son montuno, Puerto Rican bomba and plena, Dominican merengue, Colombian cumbia, Cuban Yoruba ritual music and Afro-American jazz and rhythm and blues.

Highly danceable, salsa's rhythms are hot, urbane, rhythmically sophisticated, and compelling.

A HISTORY ROOTED WITH DIVERSITY
RELATED GENRES:  BRIDGING TRADITION WITH MODERNITY
EMBRACING INNOVATION WITH TIMBA
INSTRUMENTS:  THE FOUNDATION OF SALSA
AN EXCLAMATION FOR THE MUSIC:  DANCE STYLES
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