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Afro-Cuban
From its West African and Spanish roots, Afro-Cuban music evolved into five major genres: son, rumba, cancion cubana, danzon and punto guajiro. Afro-Cuban music has been a major influence on numerous styles of music. The rhythms of son and rumba lead to salsa, early jazz was influenced by danzon as was mambo and chachacha, timba also evolved from son.
Sites in Afro-Cuban
Abakua
An explanation of drum patterns from the rhythms of a secret men's society in Cuba, brought there during the slave trade from the Calabar region of West Africa.
Afro-Cuban folkloric music other than bata
Information on Afro-Cuban drumming styles and rhythms including Rumba, Abaqua, Arara, Bantu and Bembe. This site also includes an extensive list of links to other sites and a book list.
Afrocubaweb.com: Music
Profiles and schedules of artists worldwide, record labels and agencies, radio stations, and links.
Clave Concepts: Afro Cuban Rhythms
An explanation of the essential role of clave in Afro-Cuban music.
Cuba Music.
With strong roots in West African Yoruba religious music, Cuba's highly syncopated, potent, percussion-rich music has spawned much of what is today's salsa and Latin jazz and greatly influenced musics all over the world. This site has both reviews and sound samples from many important recordings.
Cuban Music 101
A brief description of Cuban music forms, with featured artists and RealAudio samples, courtesy of Mamborama.com.
Explorations in Afro-Cuban Dance and Drum
Humboldt State University Office of Extended Education presents the 6th annual Explorations in Afro-Cuban Dance and Drum workshop to celebrate the folkloric music, songs, and dances of the Afro-Cuban people.
Ile Ayan: The Sacred Power of Drum Sounds
Covers the African and Afro-Cuban tradition of sacred drum playing, the tumbadora, has a list of bata players, timbaleros, and bongoseros and a glossary of terms.
Timba - New Styles in Afro-Cuban Popular Music
This paper by drummer Chuck Silverman, sheds some light on Timba, and on the possible outcomes of the music industry's effects on Cuban music and society.
Bongo Drums
A brief history of bongo drumming linked to the early Cuban music styles of Changüi and Son. |
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