Son cubano is a genre of music and dance that originated in the highlands of eastern Cuba during the late 19th century. It is a syncretic genre that blends...

Hanine Y Son Cubano is a music group formed in 1999 that merges Cuban music and Arabic music. It was in the early 1990s, when he lived in Havana, that...

as calypso. Main article: son cubano Son Cubano originated in Cuba among afro-Caribbean people of Bantu descent. Son Cubano incorporates European and...

mounted on stands. Bongos are mainly employed in the rhythm section of son cubano and salsa ensembles, often alongside other drums such as the larger congas...

Holguín Province on the east side of Cuba. It is a common practice in son cubano to mention Cuban toponyms, as in the 1952 standard "Alto Songo". According...

Son montuno is a subgenre of son cubano developed by Arsenio Rodríguez in the 1940s. Although son montuno ("mountain sound") had previously referred to...

Cuban music documentaries. It outlines the origins and development of son cubano, including interviews with musicians such as Celia Cruz and Roberto Torres...

to be used in order to distinguish Caribbean genres such as cumbia and son cubano from inland genres such as tejano and norteño. Due to its geographical...

combined American big band music with Afro-Cuban rhythms, primarily the son cubano, but also conga and rumba. Although taking its name from the latter, ballroom...

final, improvised section, which incorporated the guajeos typical of son cubano (also known as montunos). These guajeos became the essence of the genre...