Honestly, what can be said about this song? It's just amazing. Full of life and joy! Daymé Arocena is a Cuban Jazz vocalist who today is making my heart feel full.
Because of this song I looked up what is Rumba. I know generally from my parents playing songs like this what it sounds like but what exactly makes a song Rumba. From the good ol' Google, I found another history lesson about the amazing things that happen when cultures intertwine.
The music and dance known as rumba (sometimes spelled “rhumba”) is an Americanized, ballroom-style adaption of several Cuban rhythms, principally the son (or son-pregón), with secondary influence of the Afro-Cuban rumba. Originating in the late 19th century among the black population of the eastern Cuban province of Oriente, the son is a vocal, instrumental, and dance genre also derived from African and Spanish influences. The Afro-Cuban rumba developed in the black urban slums of Cuba in the mid-19th century.
Now the reason these cultures had to intertwine is slavery, colonization, and horror but as always the human spirit will find a way to shine its light.
Enjoy!
If you liked this then give the artists Celia Cruz and Tito Puente a try.
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