Salsa dura, also known as salsa brava or salsa gorda,
is a style of
salsa music
Salsa music is a style of Latin American music. Because most of the basic musical components predate the labeling of salsa, there have been many controversies regarding its origin. Most songs considered as salsa are primarily based on son montun ...
developed in the 1970s with an emphasis on the instrumental part of the music (piano, bass, horns, percussion, etc.) over the lead vocals. The genre originated in
New York City
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where large ensembles such as
Fania All-Stars adapted the salsa genre to a
descarga format. Modern salsa dura bands include
Orquesta SCC
La Excelencia is an eleven piece salsa dura band from New York City founded in 2005 by percussionists Julian Silva and Jose Vazquez-Cofresi. The band's music has a salsa dura Salsa dura, also known as salsa brava or salsa gorda, is a style of sa ...
,
Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Wayne Gorbea,
Oscar D'Leon
Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to:
People
* Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms.
* Oscar (Irish mythology), ...
,
Edwin Perez (singer)
The name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the Old English elements "ead" (rich, blessed) and "ƿine" (friend). The original Anglo-Saxon form is Eadƿine, which is also found for Anglo-Saxon figures.
People
* Edwin of Northumbria (died ...
,
Jimmy Bosch
Jimmy Bosch (born 18 October 1959), also known as "El Trombon Criollo", is a jazz and Salsa Music trombonist composer and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was raised in Hoboken, NJ and graduated from Hoboken ...
, La Maxima 79, Tromboranga, and
Orquesta La 33
Orquesta La 33 (commonly La-33) is a Colombian salsa music band. The collective was founded in Bogotá in 2001 by brothers Sergio and Santiago Mejía. Evening Chronicle (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), ''A Passion for the Keyboard'' 10 July 2009 The name i ...
. The term is often used in contrast to
salsa romántica
Salsa Romántica is a soft form of salsa music that emerged between the mid-1980s and early 1990s in New York City, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic . It has been the most commercially successful form of salsa in the last 20 years, despite cri ...
, the
Latin pop-oriented subgenre of salsa that has predominated since the late 1980s.
References
External links
Big Willie Style a Metro Newspapers article on salsa dura/gorda and Willie Rosario.
Making Salsa Dura Harder an article on some of the history of Salsa Dura, and thoughts on its future.e reccion de Charlie Palmieri,
Salsa music
1970s in Latin music
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