This is concerning the origin of salsa. Your man really simplified it badly. Listen first of all before the fania all starts being live at Yanquee Stadium, they were live at the Cheetah, Red garter. Salsa did not come from the fania all stars. Before the All Stars were formed there were many young latin musicians playing their hearts out in NYC. Joe Battan, Ray Barretto, Bobby Valentin, Hector LaVoe, Willie Colon, Reynaldo Jorge, Tito Puente, Orestes Vilato, Larry Harlow, Richie Ray, Bobby Cruz, Ismael Miranda, Pete El Conde, Adalberto Santiago, Ismael Quintana, Ismael Rivera, Cortijo, EGC, man the list goes on and on.

Jerry did get the scene moving in that the music was "legitimized" and many of the smaller people were discovered. Also the word Salsa came from the mouth of Johnny Pacheco the great Dominican flute god, at a jam they were RUMBIANDO and he say que gruesa esta esta salsa. The rest is history. I appreciate the effort to bring salsa to the net but the inconsistencies upset me.

Before the Yanquee stadium concert (which I attended) There were a bunch of other gatherings were Salsa (latin Americana) as it was known then was being played. The party at the Cheetah was legendary (I was also there), much more so than Yanquee Stadium, that was Salsa. The watered down stuff that you listen to today is a far cry from the pulsing rumbones of yesterday. There are some new players like Gilberto Santa Rosa that still keep that old school flavor. There has also been a Plena resurgence of late in the Islands (Puerto Rico) music scene. This is one of the precursors of Salsa. Bottom line Salsa come from Cuban Son Montuno, mixed with Bomba y Plena from Puerto Rico and a little NY street flavor added as condiment.

About this I know.

Saludos y Salsa