Argentina), better known as King Clave, is an Argentine singer and songwriter with hits from the 70's and 80's. King Clave's career began on Argentina's Canal...

drummer. Timbas also often break the basic tenets of arranging the music in-clave. Timba is considered to be a highly aggressive type of music, with rhythm...

Bio Ritmo ("Salsa Machine") is an American salsa band based in Richmond, Virginia formed in 1991. The name Bio Ritmo is a Spanglish word play on the term...

clearly based on the key pattern known in Cuba as clave, a Spanish word for 'key' or 'code'. When clave is written in two measures, as shown above, the...

instructional book “Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban drums for Bass and Drums” (Alfred Music), and the follow-up DVD, “Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban drums for Bass...

Sunflower" in 1983. This Freddie Hubbard composition was included on their album Ritmo, Sonido y Estilo. Oquendo's timbales solos were famous for their sparse...

bass, flute, claves and güiro. Bongos are not typically used in charanga bands. Típica 73, Orquesta Broadway, Orquesta Revé and Orquesta Ritmo Oriental where...

derived from the Spanish guitar. On the other hand, its characteristic clave rhythm, call and response structure and percussion section (bongo, maracas...

The danzón-mambo (also known as danzón de nuevo ritmo) is a subgenre of Cuban dance music that marked the transition from the classical danzόn to the...

groups such as Orquesta Revé, directed by timbalero Elio Revé, Orquesta Ritmo Oriental, featuring Daniel Díaz on timbales, and Los Van Van, whose timbaleros...