Afro-Cuban Orchestr Music Analysis

Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, and Machito 's Afro Cuban Orchestra, are three of the most influential and inspirational men to not only me but, the entire salsa community. The music created by these men are the creativity and foundation to what salsa has become. It is extremely heart-warming to read and understand more of the men who basically created what is Afro-Cuban salsa. The beginning to what has transpired into my personal passion, because I am a salsa-dancer. The Palladium and Copacabana were and still is, two of the most popular Latin dance clubs in New York, during the 1950 's. The Palladium does not currently exist anymore as a dance club, but was an important role to these men for salsa 's history. Copacabana, on the other hand

Tito Rodriguez was known to be a perfectionist when it came to his mz usic, as stated in the article: " everything had to be in its place, in tune, on the beat, and above all, performed with sufficient sabor" (Rondón 4). This quotation reminds me of my dancing, and the way it relates to the connection with musicality and truly expressing your "sabor" when performing. Its people like Tito Rodriguez that influenced dancers in creativity. To move and create a story with your dancing is all guided through amazing music by artists like Rodriguez an Puente. Other than the upbeat and rapid musical genre of salsa, there came to style Bolero; which is characterized as the "feeling" which is more of an emotional context. This genre became popular in Havana, Cuba. In relation to music nowadays, this is the same Latin music you will hear in your home when all the Hispanic aunts and moms get together to drink and gossip. Music has evolved a bit more adding in more technicality to the beats and "remixes". It is a shame that the culture seems to be dying, but it is still alive for some

My entrance to the salsa world began four years ago, it was because my family spotted a studio in New Jersey and they decided to drag me along. As time went on, I was the one to continue and fall in love with the dance and the music and just the entire back-story behind it. Its origination and basically just me creating a grand appreciation for the genre as a whole. I am so thankful to have been brought up in a Hispanic home and to have been introduced to this dance studio, it is what kept me in New Jersey for my college schooling. Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, Celia Cruz, and El Gran Combo, these people are the inspiration for my dancing and thousands of other dancers like me. It is the consistent change and diversity that keeps the genre alive, and I believe is finally growing. As my aunt would always say " Usted no tiene que ser perfecto para ser un bailarín, usted debe tener alma y el sabor que demuestra cuando usted baila. Eso es un verdadero