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From Cuba to New York City
Bringing Together Different Styles
Cubana Be, Cubana Bop
The Explosion of the Mambo and the Cha Cha Chá
Cultural Influences
100
The first Musical, set in New York, to feature Latin music and characters

West Side Story

100
His name was Francisco Raúl Gutiérrez Grillo de Ayala, but he was better known by this name.
What is Machito?
100
This trumpet player was one of the founders of the jazz style, Bebop and the first American jazz musician to champion Afro-Cuban music in the United States.
Who is Dizzy Gillespie?
100

In Texas, Mexican musicians and German immigrants combined to make this uniquely American musical style

Tejano

100
A cultural influence keeping Latin music in the mainstream was this situation comedy television program, featuring Desi Arnaz, a Cuban born American musician, actor, and renown for leading a Latin music band.
What is "I Love Lucy"?
200
Mario Bauza switched his instrument to this brass instrument to become a part of the jazz scene in Harlem during the 1930s.
What is the trumpet?
200
With his, brother-in-law leading the band, Mario Bauzá became the musical director of this successful Latin jazz and dance band.
What is Machito & his Afro-Cubans?
200

Music and dance from Argentina

The Tango

200
Dancers “Cuban Pete” Aguilar & Millie Donay, Augustine “Augie” Rodriguez & Margo Bartolomei were known as this and became celebrities for their abilities and showmanship as regular dancers at the Palladium.
What are Mambonicks?
200
To many Americans, Cuban music became the music of Fidel Castro and the communists after this event in 1959.
What is The Cuban Revolution?
300

Many early musicians in Harlem came from what Central American island country

Cuba

300
The band, Machito & his Afro-Cubans were famous for bringing together these two styles of music in one group.
What are big band arrangements and Cuban rhythms?
300
In late 1947, Chano Pozo played with Dizzy Gillespie's big band at this world famous concert hall.
What is Carnegie Hall?
300
For a time, this Latin jazz and Salsa musician was known as "El Rey de los Timbales" (The King of the timbales) and "The King of Latin Music".
Who is Tito Puente?
300
The rising popularity of this music in the 1960s, contributed to a decline in the popularity of Latin music.
What is Rock & Roll?
400

From where is Merengue?

The Dominican Republic

400

Carlos Santana played at?

Woodstock

400

Combining elements of the Spanish guitar-playing tradition with the rhythmic complexity and call-and-response vocal tradition of African musical sources, the son originated in rural eastern Cuba and spread to Havana in the first decades of the 20th century

Salsa

400

Samba came from what country?

Brazil

400

Reggaeton originated from?

Puerto Rico

500

Originated in the 19th century in the Mexican state of Jalisco in Cocula, now the biggest musical form in Mexico

Mariachi

500
This dance - and music form - combined rhythms from African folk music and the danzón.
What is the mambo?
500

A drum originally from Africa made popular in Latin America

The Conga

500

This bandleader is famous for playing

Timbales

500
After this 1969 Rock & Roll music festival, Santana’s Afro-Cuban, blues hybrid became an integral part of the American soundscape.
What is Woodstock?