Part IV: The Fania Era

by | Jan 15, 2020 | Articles

Part IV: The Fania Era Johnny Pacheco / © AfroCubaLatinJazz      The Palladium Ballroom, located on 53rd and Broadway in the center of Manhattan, closed in 1966. The Palladium era was over; the Mambo craze was over, due to the overwhelming rush of social changes in...

Part III: The Palladium Era

by | Jan 11, 2020 | Articles

Part III: The Palladium Era Tito Puente Sr / Legendary Bandleader, Arranger / © LIC 84983      It was at the Palladium Ballroom, located on 53rd and Broadway in Manhattan in the heart of New York City – only eleven short blocks north of Times Square –...

Part II: Mambo, Son-Montuno & Guaguancó

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Part II: The Afro-Cuban Era / Mambo, Son-Montuno & Guaguancó Mambo        By 1934, the blind musician/bandleader Arsenio Rodriguez had already transformed Afro-Cuban music by revolultionizing the Son-rhythm. In 1935, he had become known around Cuba as the...