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Hello guys and gals. Dany Joshua here with a second post this week: A complete and succinct explanation of the basic On2 Salsa step by Jai Catalano, host of the ESPN 2007 World Salsa Championships.
Ok. So yes, this post is very, uhhh… well, basic. Still, it’s sorta cool how ESPN explains our beloved 1 2 3, 5 6 7.
Hello Salsa friends! This is Dany Joshua from ScarletMambo.com. Anthony wrote an excellent post about playing the “son montuno” on the piano. The ability to hear (and play) the “son montuno” is helpful for hearing the 1st beat of the 8-beat Salsa measure, which many beginners find very difficult to hear or differentiate from the 5th beat.
Another useful skill is hearing and playing the “tumbao” on the congas, especially for On2 dancers. After you hear this rhythmic pattern, you will see why it is called the tumbao. Actually, it should be called the “tumtumbao”.
Nate Torres, a young musician from Bronx, NY, filmed a 7-part series of instructional videos that teaches basic conga techniques. Notice his New York accent.
Video 4 explains how to play the basic tumbao rhythm.
If you have taken taking Eddie Torres’ class, he sometimes quotes Tito Puente saying that the On2 Salsa step is very natural because it compliments the tumbao slap on the 2nd and 6th beats.
Videos 1-3 explain how to play basic sounds on the congas. Videos 5-7 explains more intricate percussion patterns.
Hello Salsa friends. This is Dany Joshua and I have great news! If you missed the 2007 World Salsa Championships, don’t worry because you can catch the competition on one of the ESPN networks. If you live in the USA, then you can watch the broadcast in Spanish on ‘ESPN Deportes’ or in English on ESPN2. If you live elsewhere, see the schedule below. No excuses now! Set your Tivo!
As a side note, the commentator for this competition is New Jersey’s instructor/performer, Jai Catalano. A few years ago when I started dancing Salsa, I took classes with him at his Belleview (New Jersey) location. It is great to see that ESPN picked a seasoned Salsa veteran to comment and offer insight.
| ESPN Deportes (USA and Puerto Rico): May 6 - 9:00 pm EST May 10 - 9:00 pm EST ESPN2 (USA): ESPN Dos: All the times are New York Time |
ESPN Latin (South America, Mexico, Caribbean and Central America): May 3 - 5:00 pm EST May 5 - 4:00 pm EST May 6 - 4:00 pm EST May 7 - 4:00 pm EST ESPN Atlantic (Africa, Middle East): ESPN Pacific-Rim (Australia, Pacific Islands, Japan, New Zealand): |
If you live near New York City (or if you will be in the Metropolitan area this weekend - May 3rd and 4th, 2008) then you cannot miss Ballet Hispanico’s musical, “Palladium Nights”. Unfortunately, there are only three shows left. 2pm and 8pm on Saturday, May 3rd and 3pm on Sunday May 4th 2008.
“… Palladium night club in New York City, where mambo was king, Tito led the band and the dancing was sensational! Located in the heart of New York’s vibrant 1950’s jazz scene, the Palladium gave rise to the popularity of the Mambo, the Cha Cha, and the Merengue, …”
http://www.palladiumnights.com/
I have bought my tickets already (1st row) and I will be posting a review next week (maybe even pictures and video too). There were still a few tickets left when I checked.
My previous post featured a TV special about this musical about the 1950’s. I find it very remarkable that, 55 years later, we are still enjoying an art form that has changed in essence very little. 55 years guys! That is 5.5 decades ago. My grandfather was about 22 years old in 1955. Had my grandfather lived in New York City in 1955, he would probably say (raspy voice) ” When I was your age, sonny, I went to a place called Palladium to do the Mambo”.
Actually, my grandfather lived in Cuernavaca, Mexico (near Mexico City). I wonder if you he ever danced the Mambo. Perez-Prado started his orchestra in Mexico City in the early 50’s. I vaguely remember my grandmother talking about the Mambo. That’s an idea for a future post.
Anyway, “Palladium Nights” will be like taking a time machine back the 195o’s. Ironically, since Mambo dancing, now Salsa dancing, has changed little-if you get past the Mambo, Salsa On1 or Salsa On2 arguments-every time we go to a Salsa night club is like traveling back to the 1950’s.
NJN, a local public television station, hosted a documentary in its Imagenes Series called “Golden Age of Dance”. It aired on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 6:30 pm
If you ever wanted to know how Salsa and Mambo got so popular, now you can watch a 27-minute documentary that focuses on the Palladium Ballroom Era (1950’s) in New York City.
This episode focuses on all aspects of Mambo/Salsa music around the 1950’s in New York City. In fact at the end of the video, a typical Palladium night is recreated along with dancers, instructors, performers and a big-band Orchestra.
So grab a comfortable chair and a drink and watch this whole Mambo documentary. It is worth it!!! It mentions famous Salsa dancers, musicians and instructors.
“Golden Era of Dance” - Part 1.
I had to split the video into 3 parts. Part 2 and Part 3 can be found in this article in ScarletMambo.com
By Dany J.Have
You ever wondered how Salsa started? Where it started? When it began?I am a nut for the history of things so I have been researching Salsa for a while now. I have been around the NY/NJ Salsa scene for about 10 years now and I have seen how it has changed. Yeah, there are more instructors. Yeah, there are more places to dance. Yeah, the dancers are better. But the most important change has been that mainstream people are again appreciating the Art of Salsa now and they are wanting to take part in it. I have been working on a set of articles that will detail the history of Salsa/Mambo through the last six decades. In the meanwhile, let me give you a little peek.
Although this video is from a 1965 film, this Mexican film “El Dengue del Amor” shows the importance that Mexico had in the development of Mambo in the 1950s. The song in this video is “Mambo Universitario” starring Perez Prado as himself. The university portrayed is the U.N.A.M. (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) whose professional soccer team are the “Pumas”. Continue reading ‘Mexico City and the Origins of Mambo’
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