Figures
Musicians, composers, dancers, scholars, and filmmakers whose work is referenced throughout this site —
the people who made Cuban music and dance what it is.
These are the people who shaped Cuban music and dance — from the composers who created the earliest danzón and son, to the bandleaders who built timba, to the scholars and filmmakers who documented it. Each figure is linked to the pages on this site where their work appears.
Timba is the music this site is dedicated to exploring. It emerged as a distinct genre in the late 1980s and crystallized in the early 1990s — born in a moment of social crisis, built on the full accumulated history of Cuban music, and still evolving today.
Lees meer >A Cuban popular dance music genre that emerged in the 1980s–90s
- emerged in the 1980s–90s
- influenced by songo, rumba, funk, blues, jazz, pop, rock and Afro-Cuban rhythms.
- Known for complex rhythm shifts, aggressive bass lines, and high energy that push dancers to improvise.
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