Salsa als uitdrukking van een panlatijnsamerikaanse identiteit ruben. If youre familiar with the history of latin music in the united states, you dont need me to tell you about ruben blades. The album, recorded with the orchestra of fellow panamanian roberto delgado, is a fully panamanian production. The son spread from cuba throughout latin america, and it is the root of todays. Arranged by giovanni hidalgo johnny dandy rodriguez nelson. A brilliant collaboration between ruben and legendary pianistarranger oscar hernandez.
The son clave is probably ihe most prominent clave clave. Recall this term includes styles like son, son montuno, mambo, etc marriage of spanish melodiesharmonies to african rhythms. Son montuno sohn montoonoh a reverse clave 23 form, usually mid paced or slow, with a pronounced chungchicka feel. Buscando guayaba willie colon ruben blades by luckylouie522. Giovanni hidalgo called his friends johnny dandy rodriguez, nelson gonzalez, david oquendo, and jose armando gola to jam tropical.
One of the first and only salsa operas, maestra vida introduced the characters carmelo and manuela, a couple whose story, as the. I knew ruben blades as an actor the retired fbi agent who uses shoe polish to uninvalidate his id in once upon a time in mexico before i was aware of him. Reviewed in the united states on february 15, 2015. Professional latin sheet music full arrangement includes. An ebook reader can be a software application for use on a. Charlie palmieri, and ruben gonzalez, we mostly think of piano solo rather than. As a songwriter, blades brought the lyrical sophistication of central.
A great example of this is plastico by ruben blades and willie colon. Salsa is the product of various cuban musical genres including the afrocuban son montuno, guaracha, cha. Ruben blades rose theater november 15, 2014 order the album. Cubaneo in latin piano scholarlycommons university of. Ruben blades ruben blades y seis del solar greatest. If youre interested but unschooled, heres a good place to start. Salsa sheet music full partituras musicales gratis. Son montuno was originally played in an ensemble consisting of a guitar, a tres and clave. The intro of the song features a disco groove on drum kit with bass guitar octaves and string harmony. When the verse starts, the style switches to a son montuno a style of son music driven by a montuno on either the tres or the piano with a bongo martillo, conga. Ruben blades definition of salsa is also inclusive.