Salsa
The city in which the Salsa Movement started
What is New York?
Often described as "Old Person's Rumba"
What is Yambu?
The name of the most popular early Delta Blues musician, who reportedly sold his soul to Old Man Scratch at the Crossroads
Who was Robert Johnson?
The composer of "Oye Como va"
Who is Tito Puente?
The country of origin of Steel Band music
What is Trinidad and Tobago?
The name of the record label that produced most of the great early Salsa records
What is Fania?
The Syncretized religion of Cuba, combining Catholic and Yoruban traditions
What is Santeria?
Type of blues developed in southern Mississippi and Louisiana that featured one man and a guitar
What is the Delta Blues?
Latin Jazz song whose title loosely translates to "Pork Fat"
What is Manteca?
The style of music that was immediate predecessor to steel band music
What is Tamboo Bamboo
The first woman to become popular as a lead vocalist in Salsa music
Who is Celia Cruz?
Rumba whose dance involves a game of pursuit and capture between a man and a woman
What is Guaguanco?
The genre name applied by record companies to describe black Rhythm and Blues in the 1950s
What is Race Music?
Jazz artist largely responsible for collaborating with latin artists at the beginning of Latin Jazz
Who is Dizzy Gillespie?
Style of music popular in Trinidad through artists such as Harry Belafonte and the Might Sparrow
What is Calypso?
Salsa album largely considered the "Sgt. Pepper" of Salsa albums
What is "Siembre?"
Rumba that typically involves a solo male dancer with props
What is Columbia?
The original composer of "Hound Dog"
Who is "Big Mama" Willie Mae Thornton?
Dominican composer of "Caribe," who wrote is first song at the age of 5
Who is Michel Camilo?
The name of the large steel band competition held every year in Trinidad
What is Panorama?
One of two musical styles of the 1950s and 1960s that had a major influence on the development of salsa music
What is Conjunto or Boogaloo?
In Son, a repeated chorus sung antiphonally with improvising soloist and percussion
What is Estribillo?
Swing singer whose career was made mostly through covering songs originally sung by Black Rhythm and Blues artists, such as "Tutti Frutti"
Who is Pat Boone?
The composer of "Tanga"
Who is Mario Bauza?
Man credited with the designing the modern-day steel drum instruments
Who is Ellie Mannette?