Latin Music Research Paper

One of the greatest idol for this genre is Romeo Santos. “Romeo Santos” also known as Anthony Santos was born in the United States, to a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother. Romeo Santos started his career with a group of guys where they called the group Aventura. He was the main songwriter and producer of the group. During his and the group career he decide to make a

The typical Cuban music is salsa. Salsa music is a rhythm that was born of the mix of afro-Cuban music and Spanish music. Its mains exponents are Celia Cruz, and Benny more. In Argentina the typical music is Tango. The Tango is a music that was formed by the mix a several influences like European, and from Africa. This music is recognized to worldwide and his main performer was Carlos Gardel.

Hispanic’s music had a great impact in USA. Nowadays, Americans listen to Hispanics’ music. Hispanics’ music now is part of American’s culture. These changes in USA began around of 19th century, when Hispanics immigration increases in the USA. One of the big changes in music occurred around 1940s, when Americans began to recognize the efforts of Cuban-American musicians. One of the Cuban bands was Cugat. It was known better Orchestra ‘based in New York’s Waldorf Astoria’ which had a great visual and musical style. Another Cuban band was Machito who were dominated as one of the best New York’s scenes at that time. Thanks, to those bans Americans adopted some of Cubans’ dances and performances such as rumba, mambo and cumbia. Americans used and still using the Cuban instruments like bongos and maracas to create their rhythms. Later on, Americans created Jazz by African Americans with the influenced of Cuban’s music.

Each type or sub-genre of music has a quite distinct sound and can be related to the racial groups of these areas and to the history of Chile.

During the 1950’s Latin America had its last major influence on music, dance, and culture. This last major genre of music is known as the mambo, which originated in Cuba. In1948 a man named Perez Prado moved to Mexico hoping to make more money in the music industry. He did just this! While in Mexico Senior Prado made a band that focused mostly on mambo. They where known as El Rey del Mambo.

the great Afro-Cuban percussionist; Danilo perez, a master pianist and composer originally from Pnama; Arturo Sandoval, trumpeter, composer and music educator originally from Cuba; Mongo Santamaria, an Afro-Cuban conguero, bongeuro and composer; David Sanchez, saxophonist and composer; Chucho Valdes, an Afro-Cuban virtuoso pianist and composer; and Bobby Sanabria, a Bronx, NY-born Nuyorican percussionist, composer, educator, bandleader and expert in the Afro-Cuban musical tradition. Indeed, many Latin jazz classics such as "Manteca", "A Night in Tunisia" and "Guachi Guaro [Soul Sauce]" were composed by Gillespie and his musical

We can usually listen to the music in various scenes in life. But we don't often just concentrated on listening. The same was the case with me before. Especially, I was ignorant in classical music. But now I like listening to orchestra concert from the front row seats. It is a quite wonderful experience. Since my children start learning how to play the violin, I came to listen to classical music. After I could a little understand artistic features of classical music, I listened to it with rapt attention. I especially came to like Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. I was listening it through only my computer, but on the whole I was satisfied.

As they interacted, they played music together. They mixed the rhythms and forms of music from their native countries. This mixing contributed to the mixing and fusing of music giving birth to a superior form of music. Bringing together these elements gave rise to a type of music called the Mambo bred from the Cuban Son, Conjunto and Jazz music elements. Somehow this new type of music found its way back home and still went through more transformation.

The group playing at the club was the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, which was directed by Kenny Koblitz and Paul Ferguson. The ensemble consisted of trombones, trumpets, a alto saxophone, a bass, a baritone saxophone, bongos, a bass trombone, a tenor sax, a french horn, a piano, drums, a cello, and maracas. The concert was presenting music of Afro-Cuban Explosion. Afro-Cuban Explosion is the earliest form of Latin Jazz, combining the elements of African-american culture with those of Cuban culture (dictionary.com). The spirit of the music -- a true fusion between North, South, and Central America -- and an emphasis on infectious rhythms are the keys (Afro-Cuban Jazz Music Artists). The beginning of Afro-Cuban jazz can be linked back to trumpeter-arranger, Mario Bauza. Bauza introduced trumpeter, Dizzy Gillespie, to the masterful Cuban percussionist, Chano Pozo, to create innovative music (Afro-Cuban Jazz Music Artists). Because of these people, Afro-Cuban jazz caught on as one of the most popular jazz

During this time, Cuban music greatly influenced North American jazz, a legacy carried on by contemporary jazz great Paquito de Rivera. Following the revolution, Cuban-American singers such as Celia Cruz and Olga Guillot became famous for their nostalgic sones, salsas, and rumbas that evoked the sadness of never returning to the homeland. Cruz was parriculary known as the salsa queen and popularized the Latin American genre in the early 1979s. Other famous Cuban-American musicians, such as Willie Chirino and Emilio and Gloria Estéfan of the successful band Miami Sound Machine developed ‘Miami Sound,’ a music style with bilingual lyrics, homeland nostalgia, and Anglo-American appeal.” (Skutsch

Last week Middle Tennessee State University ( MTSU) invited a professional Conjunto musician players. As a history class students we had to go and see their performance because Conjunto music is a traditional Mexican music. We had a lot of fun listening to their music and personally I would love to go again and listen to this music because this music is take you away back to the old Mexican music. Therefore, while you listening to this music, you feel like this music is talking to your soul.

According to him, growing up around both musical genres influenced him to develop a passion for the music. At the same time, it had a big influence on the music he likes and interprets. By my own experience, as a proud Dominican, I could say we have Bachata and Merengue in our blood. Those genres are part of our identity and culture, which shape our views in terms of music. Both genres are characterized by their unique rhythms, and specific ways for dancing. This caused many people to get interested in them, which made them popular around the

But before that Jelly Roll Morton, who is a ragtime and jazz musician had played jazz with a “spanish tinge” but was not considered Latin Jazz. In 1943, Bauzá wrote the song “Tanga” which is supposed to be the first Latin Jazz song. Latin Jazz became more and more popular and became the path to Latin Music with Mambo with Tito Puente as the most common musician and also Salsa. Most of the common Jazz musicians where Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo and more. These musicians mostly played in the Latin clubs in New York and then ventured out to more venues as they became popular and the demand to hear them before the it ended with the start of Rock and Roll and the connection to Cuba was closed off from the United States but that didn’t stop what was already being played and heard by the general

Culture: I was interested in the definition of “Latin.” I find it interesting because of all the confusion that comes about when this subject is discussed. Many groups of individuals claim to be “Latin”, making it difficult for some culture to take sole possession of “Latin” music.

Baroque Period, during which a few of the greatest composers on this planet were born, brought classical music onto a whole new level. The word “Baroque”, which came from the Portuguese for “the imperfect pearl”, implies strange, extravagant and overblown. Toccata, fugue, chorale, ortario, and the concerto Grosso, all of these special musical forms were created and represent this period. The six main characteristics: increased emotional expression, contrast, use of basso continuo, continued harmonic development, use of ornament, and the emphasis of improvisation, molded the unique style of music of the Baroque period.