Abstract Tito Puente was born on April 20 of 1923, in New York City to parents of Puerto Rican descendant. Tito Puente also known as the "King of Latin Jazz," was well-known for his Latin music because of his use of various styles and how he implemented different sounds on to it. In 1948, Tito Puente wanted to find a way to be more noticed and that’s when he orchestrated the band “Tito Puente Orchestra.” Tito Puente, a musical pioneer, mixed different music styles with Latin sounds to create
Tito Puente is known internationally for his contribution to Latin Music as a bandleader, composer, arranger and percussionist, and has even been given the nickname "El Rey" or the "King of Latin Jazz". He was considered a great composer of Afro-Cuban Jazz. Puente published more thnt 400 compositions, made contributions to over 100 recorded albums, and won four grammy awards in his career. Tito Puente Latin Jazz is a style of music that blends rhythms and percussion instruments of Cuba and
Salsa is one of the most distinctive genres of the 1900s in the music industry; characterized by a very lively, powerful and danceable upbeat. Salsa is a fusion of many Latin musical genres that combines rhythms, instruments and musical elements primarily from the Cuban son based on a three-two beat with syncopation rhythmic pattern known as the clave and Afro-Cuban dance. The roots of salsa originated in Eastern Cuba, but by mid-century the Havana came to be home to this music and many foreign musical
imperative if they are born anywhere outside of Puerto Rico. Salsa – meaning spicy - is a term associated with music and social dance. This popular music and dance evolved from earlier Cuban musical forms such as Son, Son Montuno, Cha cha cha and Mambo, which were popular in the Caribbean time period. There are some discrepancies on where the term and music actually originated. According to P. Manuel, the music form of “salsa has incorporated substantial elements of Puerto Rican music, such as
Major Deities: Agoussou or Miché Agoussou (Monsieur Agoussou)-The Master of the Waters. his feast day is June 13 which is also the feast day of St. Anthony. His origin is from Dahomey (Benin). Agoussou is believed to have been a prince who was born from the union of a leopard and a woman. St. Anthony had preached to the fish where the river ran into the sea. A great many fish came to listen. The fish were listening but the men hadn’t been listening. For this reason, St. Anthony and Agoussou are
don’t always hear what the professor is saying. What most students don’t realize is it’s not what the professor has put together, but what the professor has to say about the material that is really important. Works Cited “1950s Rock ‘n’ Roll, Mambo.” Dancetime Publications. 2012. Web. 7 Nov. 2013. Bradley, Becky. “1950-1959.” American Cultural History. Lone Star College- Kingwood Library, 1998. Web. 30 Sept. 2013. “Buddy Holly Biography.” Rockhall. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, 2013
music, or the historic event, New Orleans is always stands to celebrate that. There are many festivals all over the calendar year. I will, describe them by month wise. Let’s join me, for the journey in New Orleans, LA. January : Mardi Gras Parades, King Cake Festival. February: Mardi Gras Parades, Tet Fest. March: Wednesday at the Square Concert Series, Buku Music and Art Project, Congo Square New Worlds Rhythm Festival, Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday, Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, Taco
“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter–tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther…And one fine morning—-So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” Six years ago I got into my Mothers car after a long day of volleyball practice and was in tears. Being the stubborn but shy little girl I was I refused to tell her what was going on and what had been going
Jazz music originated in the late 1800s in the southern area of the United States. Its’ specific birthplace is New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the first genre of music to adopt other genres of music and blend them together. When the topic of music is brought up, many artists often refer to New Orleans as being the Melting Pot of Sound. Genres that were adopted by jazz are opera, folk music, blues, a variety of church music, ragtime, and African drumming. All of those sounds merged together and became
There were multiple kings called caciques over their individual kingdoms. Similarity with other indigenous groups, men did the hard labor. They would work the lands, cultivating fields and hunting for food. Men would also do woodwork including, but not limited to basket weaving. Women on the other hand would contribute to the house work by prepping and cooking food as well as assisting in basket weaving. Tainos were polygamist; the average man would have three wives, the king was able to have ten
In by influenced by American Jazz, mambo and danza music and love for the guitar and reggae music. Also has literature evolved from religious and historical past. The cinema has influenced by Hollywood which may link them to other Latin American films. (“Don Quijote.") For more Puerto
Have you ever thought about the history of dance, or how long human life has known it? Dance has been here longer than we actually think. We can take dance back all the way to 600 BC to Now. Dance has made very big changes overtime. It went from doing it in honor for only the dead or religious situations to now just doing it for fun. The way or different moves have also changed over this big course in time. It ways and moves have changed, and the outfits used to perform these different types of dances
11. The Hole (Tsai Ming Liang, 1998) A little before 2000 a mysterious virus spreads rapidly at creates chaos in Taipei. The authorities order the evacuation of the city and warn that the supply of water will soon stop. The massive exit leaves the city almost completely abandoned apart from but some decide to stay. In a block of flats, a woman has a problem with her house's plumbing that seems to have its root in the flat on the floor directly above. The plumber who tries to fix the problem leaves
Gerard Clarke and Michael Jennings (2008: 6) define FBO as “any organization that derives inspiration and guidance for its activities from the teachings and principles of the faith or from a particular interpretation or school of thought within the faith” . In short basically FBOs are directly indirectly religiously tied organisations. FBOs also differ in terms of the kind of approach they have towards development and the ways in which they view what people need in order to live a dignified life
middle of paper ... ... of 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown' and 'Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!' piqued Hollywood's interest in the Latin sensation. He crossed over to American pictures in 1992, playing a young Cuban musician in 'The Mambo Kings.' At the time he was cast, Banderas spoke no English and had to learn all of his dialogue phonetically. Despite the language barrier, the role provided the jump-start Antonio needed. He was cast opposite TOM HANKS in the 1993 Oscar?-winner
15th century ballet was uses to entertain the noblemen and women in the courts for special occasions. The term “ballet” derives from the Italian word ballare meaning “to dance”. Ballet was later introduces to France when Catherine de Medici marred King Henry II. After centuries of dancing in Europe and Russia the art of ballet was finally introduced to America in the early 1900’s. Classical ballet was introduced to Americans by Adeline Genee but wasn’t until Anna Pavola , dancing her lead solo in
won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for the best work of fiction written in English with “The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao”. Junot was the second Hispanic novelist in receiving this honor, after Oscar Hijuelos had achieved it in 1990 with the “Mambo Kings Play Songs of love”. Even though Diaz chose English as his medium of expression, he never aspired to create a failed Spanglish, but an English exceptionally creative, capable of assimilating the Spanish spoken in New York and using it to improve