Son Cubano
About Son Cubano
The bedrock of Cuban popular music, son emerged in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century and crystallized in Havana in the 1920s. Built on the clave rhythm, with tres, bongos, marímbula, and call-and-response vocals, son fused Spanish guitar tradition with Afro-Cuban percussion and became the template for salsa, mambo, and almost every Latin dance music that followed.
Key Artists
Arsenio Rodriguez
1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Beny More
1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Celia Cruz
1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Compay Segundo
1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1990s, 2000s
Ibrahim Ferrer
1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1990s, 2000s
Issac Delgado
1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Los Van Van
1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Omara Portuondo
1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
Trio Matamoros
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s