This 1973 record from Ray Barretto was a natural response to more or less being abandoned by his once tight-knit jazz players. Barretto transitioned from jazz to salsa and managed to put together a ...
Younger Latinos from the Caribbean fight to preserve salsa music and dance. The deep thump of the bongos, the scraping of the guiro, and the loud chirp of the trumpet -- the pulse of salsa would get ...
‘People want to hear music that’s real’: Why salsa is back in the spotlight - IN FOCUS: From US No 1 albums by Bad Bunny to viral DJ sets by Gia Fu, the 1970s Latin party genre is having another ...