Guaracha

Traditionally an early form of peasant street music with satirical lyric content somewhat in the Son rhythm style. In Cuba it is now use as a loose term for a general, medium-tempo Son Montuno or a little brighter-style tune or groove.

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Guaracha derived from the fusion of a vast cloud of rhythms during the mid 1950s in Cuba. It started as a descarga-like musicalization (in fact, called descarga) provided by various bands. But it was actually the Sonora Matancera orchestra who put a seal of perfection when Celia Cruz joined it. Because she was mainly a Santer?a (Afro Cuban) singer, she was able to integrate her style to further enrich this mixture of all Cuban rhythms. Following the Sonora Matancera, others, like Beny Mor?, Roberto Faz, P?o Leyva, Riverside and Rumba Havana expanded it to exhibit it in New York, Mexico, Venezuela and other countries.

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