Bataan had joined a street gang and learned piano in ... the transformation of the song La Cartera, from its Cuban origins to Harlow's 1973 Salsa smash hit. By the early '70s, Salsa music was ...

To get an inside glimpse of daily life for the average Cuban, you and your kids should ... children playing ball in the street, and salsa music blasting from open windows.

A master of the mandolin sounding Cuban Tres, he was the first to add the conga drum to band performance and the piano to play son and salsa. He also developed the multi-horn mambo concept and ...