Trombone in salsa conjunto dissertaion
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AAT 9933848 (publication number)
http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit?p9933848
THE INTEGRATION OF THE TROMBONE INTO THE CONJUNTO ENSEMBLES OF SALSA MUSIC
LANKFORD, ANDREW BRIAN
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO
DMA
1999
KOHLENBERG, RANDY B.
DAI-A 60/06, p. 1822, Dec 1999
129
MUSIC (0413)
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Salsa music is a confluence of various rhythms, dance forms and jazz elements
from areas including Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Africa, and the
United States. In the 1950s salsa music was performed by a fairly standard
instrumentation in two types of ensembles, the charanga and the conjunto. In
this document, the predominance of the trombone in the instrumentation and
performance of salsa music, particularly the conjunto ensembles, from the 1950s
through 1998 has been documented. In addition to an overview of the stylistic
development of salsa music and its instrumentation, biographical information
about some of the most recognized trombonists and band leaders in salsa music
is included. A glossary of terms, discography of all-trombone salsa bands, and
a discography of salsa trombonists are found in the appendices. Information for
the study was gathered from a variety of sources including books, periodicals,
published interviews, recordings, and electronic materials. Unpublished
interviews and correspondence with salsa musicians and historians were
utilized. Archives and collections including the Benson Latin American
Collection at the University of Texas at Austin also were examined. The
conjunto ensembles, which traditionally included three trumpets, eventually
began to include a single trombone. Subsequently, a trend developed in New York
in which trombones were substituted for trumpets as the primary melodic wind
instruments in several of the ensembles. In the early 1960s, band leaders Mon
Rivera and Eddie Palmieri, trombonist Barry Rogers, and record producer Al
Santiago experimented with the traditional instrumentation of the conjunto
ensemble and established the widely successful trend toward the trombone
instrumentation. The trend in instrumentation continued with influential salsa
musicians including Johnny Colon, Willie Colon, Ruben Blades, Dimensión Latina,
Conjunto Libre, Los Van Van, and Eddie Santiago. The all-trombone sound
continues to be a major factor of salsa instrumentation in the 1990s.
Copyright ©1999 UMI Company, A Bell & Howell Company. All rights reserved.
David B. Cantrell
Edward-Yemíl Rosario
and it sounds really cool.
Always,
Edward-Yemíl Rosario (Eddie)
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