This complex encompasses the three traditional forms of rumba (yambú, guaguancó and columbia), as well as their contemporary derivatives and other minor...
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The term rumba may refer to a variety of unrelated music styles. Originally, "rumba" was used as a synonym for "party" in northern Cuba, and by the late...
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Heavy Weather (album) (redirect from Rumba Mama)
is often considered a highlight of the album and of Pastorius's career. "Rumba Mamá", a percussion and vocals feature for Manolo Badrena and Alex Acuña...
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Clave (rhythm) (redirect from Rumba clave)
or keystone. It is present in a variety of genres such as Abakuá music, rumba, conga, son, mambo, salsa, songo, timba and Afro-Cuban jazz. The five-stroke...
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Gipsy Kings (category Catalan rumba)
The band, whose members have Catalan heritage, play a blend of Catalan rumba, flamenco, salsa, and pop. They perform mostly in Spanish but also mix in...
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Infinite Columbia, a character in the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show Columbia Airlines, from the movie Airport 1975 Columbia, a style of Cuban rumba Columbia:...
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Quinto (drum) (redirect from Rumba quinto)
of conga drum. It is used as the lead drum in Cuban rumba styles such as guaguancó, yambú, columbia and guarapachangueo, and it is also present in congas...
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playing that part on a 'rumba' record. On "Country Boy" I had my bass and drums playing a straight swing rhythm and wrote out that rumba bass part for the saxes...
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Xavier Cugat (category Columbia Records artists)
xaviercugat.com; accessed 8 November 2015. "Bandleader Xavier Cugat, 'Rumba King,' Dies at 90". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November...
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Guaguancó (category Rumba)
Guaguancó (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwaɣwaŋˈko]) is a subgenre of Cuban rumba, combining percussion, voices, and dance. There are two main styles: Havana...
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Afro-Cuban rumba traditions, and others brought their rumbitas and montunos. It was in Havana where the encounter of the rumba rural and the rumba urbana...
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Fabian Andre (category Columbia Records artists)
with the song "Dance of an Ear of Corn" for Columbia Records in July 1940. He released an album of rumbas for Fiesta Records in 1954. In 1960, Andre was...
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Songo music (section Charanga with a rumba "feel")
in the early 1970s. Songo incorporated rhythmic elements from folkloric rumba into popular dance music, and was a significant departure from the son montuno/mambo-based...
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Music of Cuba (section Rumba)
palatino and resedá, three basic Rumba forms have survived: the Columbia, the guaguancó and the yambú. The Columbia, played in 6/8 time, is often as a...
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Batá-rumba is a hybrid form of Cuban rumba combining batá drums with guaguancó. It was created by the group Afro-Cuba De Matanzas. v t e...
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uses a triple meter U.S. "swing" rhythm fused with elements from Cuban rumba and son. Pérez Prado gained hits such as "Mambo No. 5" and "Mambo No. 8"...
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the body. The dance looks like a cross between the "timeless" Afro-Cuban rumba and son, and the African-American twist, which was popular in the States...
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netted $100,000 in royalties for Simons by 1943. Its success led to a 'rumba craze' in the US and Europe which lasted through the 1940s. The consequences...
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Mongo Santamaría (category Columbia Records artists)
retiring in the late 1990s. Mongo learned to play the congas as an amateur rumba musician in the streets of Havana. He then learned the bongos from Clemente...
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flexibility has enabled boleros to feature in the repertoire of Cuban son and rumba ensembles, as well as Spanish copla and flamenco singers, since the early...
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playing that part on a 'rumba' record. On 'Country Boy' I had my bass and drums playing a straight swing rhythm and wrote out that 'rumba' bass part for the...
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Malanga (dancer) (category Rumba dancers)
1927), better known as Malanga, was a Cuban rumba dancer. He is considered one of the most famous columbia dancers and his mysterious death has been the...
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Los Muñequitos de Matanzas (category Rumba musical groups)
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas is a Cuban rumba ensemble from the city of Matanzas. The group was established in 1952 as Conjunto Guaguancó Matancero and...
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recorded the song, in a Cuban-influenced style, on his 1999 album "Cowboy Rumba". In the 1993 video game Back to the Future Part III the song is rendered...
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Kiyoshi Hikawa (category Nippon Columbia artists)
album Relapse. He released his second single of the year, "Tokimeki no Rumba", on August 19, 2009. The single debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon weekly charts...
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This article is the discography of French rumba flamenca band Gipsy Kings. Peak position on the Compilations Chart. The original 1983 release was re-issued...
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South America, Take It Away (category Columbia Records singles)
traditional pop song that combines elements of swing and jazz with latin jazz and rumba, and serves as a tribute to "our grand South American neighbors" and their...
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business." Cugat's influence was seen in her music, which favored Latin and rumba styles. In 1958 she starred opposite Tony Randall in the Broadway musical...
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Nueva trova Pachanga Pilón Pregón Punto guajiro Rock Rumba (guaguancó, columbia, yambú, batá-rumba, guarapachangueo) Son (montuno) Songo Timba Trova Specific...
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Ignacio Piñeiro (category Rumba musicians)
1969) was a Cuban musician, bandleader and composer whose career started in rumba and flowered in the rise of the son. He was one of the most important composers...
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