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Cuba
African and Spanish diasporic encounters shaped rumba, son and danzón, later influencing mambo, Afro-Cuban jazz and timba.
History & evolution
1800s
Danzón and son roots
Mid 1900s
Mambo and Afro-Cuban jazz
Late 1900s
Timba
Key styles
- Rumba
- Son
- Danzón
- Afro-Cuban jazz
Instruments
- Claves
- Tres
- Bongó
- Congas
- Trumpet
Masters & composers
- Arsenio Rodríguez
- Benny Moré
- Celia Cruz
- Chucho Valdés
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