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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.
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.
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The term "salsa" was coined by Johnny Pacheco in the 1960s in New York, as an umbrella term for Cuban dance music being played in the city at the time. [2] Salsa as a dance emerged soon after, being a combination of mambo (which was popular in New York in the 1950s) as well as Latin dances such as Son and Rumba as well as American dances such as swing, hustle, and tap.
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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 ...
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