HISTORY OF THE SAUCE

Cuba and Puerto Rico are the countries that have contributed to the development of the salsa in all world, nobody can deny what Colombia has been an important ally for this gender effect remains in the hearts of the salsa over the last five decades.

In Colombia, in the decades of the 60s and 70s, the sauce was defined as an element of urban popular identity of specific social sectors.

In cities like Barranquilla, Cali, Cartagena and Buenaventura was adopted as the music itself. The estaderos became a temple for salsa, the meeting place to enjoy this music while stations became the advertising vehicle for dissemination.

And is that the contribution to Colombian salsa was full: singers, arrangers, musicians, songwriters, producers and even dancers. This article is a fitting tribute to these musicians and singers who for decades have made us live special moments for their talent.

The sauce came to Colombia through the natural media of popular music: the music industry, broadcasting and live concerts. And his arrival was not anonymous or silent, but it was full of natural effervescence aroused a New York musician, veteran boogaloo era, but totally immersed in the sauce: pianist Richie Ray, Bobby Cruz with his singer.

With Richie Ray, the sauce begins in Colombia at the end of the sixties and will be for several years lidereada Fania and all its stars, who along with other groups such as the Gran Combo Puerto Rican, soon became idols around the country. With the passing of time in Colombia sauce has solidified so that in many respects the Southern Cone market has become much more important than New York or Puerto Rico with representatives like Grupo Niche, or Joe Guayacán Orchestra Arroyo.