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Pachanga Boys
Pachanga is a music genre, genre of music which is described as a mixture of son montuno and merengue music, merengue and has an accompanying signature style of dance. This type of music has a festive, lively style and is marked by jocular, mischievous lyrics. Pachanga originated in Cuba in the 1950s and played an important role in the evolution of List of Caribbean music genres, Caribbean style music as it is today. Considered a prominent contributor to the eventual rise of Salsa music, salsa, Pachanga itself is an offshoot of Charanga style music. Very similar in sound to Cha-cha-cha (dance), Cha-Cha but with a notably stronger down-beat, Pachanga once experienced massive popularity all across the Caribbean and was brought to the United States by Cuban immigrants post World War II. This led to an explosion of Pachanga music in Cuban music clubs that influenced Latin culture in the United States for decades to come. Music Charanga (Cuba), Charanga is a type of traditional en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Montuno
Son montuno is a subgenre of son cubano developed by Arsenio RodrÃguez in the 1940s. Although ''son montuno'' ("mountain sound") had previously referred to the ''sones'' played in the mountains of eastern Cuba, Arsenio repurposed the term to denote a highly sophisticated approach to the genre in which the montuno section contained complex horn arrangements. He also incorporated piano solos and often subverted the structure of songs by starting with the montuno in a cyclic fashion. For his approach, Arsenio had to expand the existing ''septeto'' ensemble into the ''conjunto'' format which became the norm in the 1940s alongside big bands. Arsenio's developments eventually served as the template for the development of genres such as salsa, songo and timba. Background Son cubano developed in the late 19th century and soon became the most important genre of Cuban popular music. In addition, it is perhaps the most flexible of all forms of Latin American music, and is the foundation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
