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Cubop to Hip-Hop!
The History of Afro Latin Music in NYC RESOURCE GUIDE
Overview
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This Interactive concert explores the history of how Afro-Cuban music was born out of the New York City melting pot during the 1950’s and 60’s, leading to the birth of funk and hip-hop through the lens of Latin music icons Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie, Hector Lavoe and more. CuBop to Hip-Hop will feature Salcedo’s Latin-Soul, a high energy collective that includes multiple horns, percussionists and vocalists led by Steven Salcedo.
Concepts
COMMUNITY - an interacting population of various kinds of people in a common location.
CALL AND RESPONSE - a musical conversation in which instrumentalists and/or vocalists answer one another.
CULTURE - the way of life, especially the customs and beliefs of a particular group of people.
