Cuban Music-Pre Revolution
Folkloric Afro-Cuban Music
African American Music
Salsa and Latin Jazz
Calypso/Steel Bands
100
Style of Cuban big band music whose name is synonymous with the shuffle dance step performed at the end of the phrase
What is chachacha?
100
The name commonly given to the syncretized Afro-Cuban religion that combines West African practices with Catholicism
What is Santeria?
100
Of the three types of African-American slave music, this one was used for religious purposes
What are spirituals?
100
The city where Salsa Began
What is New York City?
100
the predecessor to steel bands, performed by striking poles of differing lengths with wooden dowels
What is tamboo bamboo?
200
Name for Cuban country music
What is Musica Guajira?
200
The style of Rumba often referred to as "Old People's Rumba"
What is yambu?
200
Style of Blues that commonly involved one man and a guitar
What are the Delta Blues?
200
One of the first Latin jazz tunes, it was a collaboration between Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo
What is Manteca?
200
the genre of music sung by Harry Belafonte and the Mighty Sparrow
What is Calypso?
300
The lead stringed instrument usually found in Musica Guajira
What is the tres?
300
Style of Rumba that involves a game of pursuit and capture between a man and a woman
What is guaguanco?
300
This type of Blues was typically performed by a female lead singer in front of a big band
What is Popular Blues?
300
Puerto Rican Timbale player who also studied jazz vibes at Julliard
Who is Tito Puente?
300
The name of the annual steel band competition in Trinidad
What is Panorama?
400
Style of Cuban big band music whose name is taken from the Kongo term meaning "Conversation" or "Chant"
What is Mambo?
400
Style of creolized music that combines rumba styles with Estrebillo poetry
What is Son?
400
He is considered the "King of Ragtime Writers"
What is Scott Joplin?
400
A groundbreaking Cuban female salsa singer who performed with the Fania All Stars
Who is Celia Cruz
400
The name of the group of percussionists playing metallic instruments that keep the steady pulse in a steel band
What is engine room?
500
The most famous song in the Musica Guajira repertoire
What is la guajira Guantanamera?
500
Style of Rumba that involves a solo dancer and props
What is Columbia?
500
He combined Rhythm and Blues with Gospel music in a unique way, leading to the development of "Soul music"
Who is Ray Charles?
500
Term used to describe the roguh, more edgy style of salsa performed in the 1960s
What is salsa dura?
500
The name of the man who designed the modern-day steel drums
Who is Ellie Mannette?
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