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The origin of salsa dates back to the 16th century in Cuba, there the Hispanic music brought by the Spanish conquerors and the music brought by the African slaves were mixed giving rise to a great variety of musical rhythms.

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Salsa originated in Cuba and was developed by musicians of Latin origin in the Hispanic Caribbean and New York City.

Cubans in New York, Puerto Ricans, and other musicians from other countries base their music largely on elements of Afro-Cuban origin.

Salsa is the term used from the seventies to define the musical genre resulting from a synthesis of Cuban musical influences with other elements of Caribbean music

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Rhythm: It uses the same rhythmic pattern of the Cuban son as a base.

Melody: It presents a mixture of Cuban melodic features with melodic features of conventional jazz and Latin folklore.

Harmony: Couples Cuban harmonic features with certain features of jazz and Latin music.

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Instrumentation: Uses Cuban instruments popularized since the 1920s: pailas or timpani for dance, bongo, Cuban güiro, cowbell, two maracas (in other regions only one was used), the Afro-Latin instrument conga, and the instruments piano, double bass, trumpet and trombone.

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we review the best exponents of this genre, legendary musicians worth knowing.

Willie Gonzalez (Puerto Rico)

Paquito Guzmán (Puerto Rico)

David Pavón (Puerto Rico)

José Alberto "El Canario" (Dominican Republic)

Roberto Blades (Panama)

Tito Gómez (Puerto Rico)

Lalo Rodríguez (Puerto Rico)

Tito Nieves (Puerto Rico)

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1. World Salsa Festival, an event that takes place in the Alberto Galindo Complex, which includes the Salsera Citadel and the People's Coliseum as stages. For six days, Caleños receive artists from all over the world to learn, enjoy and share everything related to this musical genre, a mixture of Cuban son with different Caribbean and American rhythms.

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Salsa is one of the most popular and emblematic cultural practices of Cali, the branch of heaven, a musical rhythm that for many decades was rooted in the blood and in the heart of the people of Cali, a musical experience that allowed the expression of a town, a melody that came to never leave again. We will tell you a little about the history of caleña sauce.