My Lesson from the Salsa GreatsMonday night before I learned the basic Salsa 1, 2 back; 1, 2 front and 1, 2 side step at TEMPO's celebration of its historic photo shoot "A Great Day In Salsa," legend Jimmy Delgado schooled me and the audience on what stations like Mega 97.9 (WSKG) need to start doing. Plus poet Felipe Luciano told us who kept Salsa alive over the decades.
"We have the power and we don't know about it. We have the power as a people to call in the stations that don't play the New York Salsa bands [and demand that they do]," Delgado told me at Taj Restaurant. He went on to say that there are more Salsa artists than Marc Anthony. "To help the genre, to help bring Salsa up again, they can give time to the New York Salsa bands," he continued. "There was a time where a lot of bands had double, triple [performances] in one night." And he should know. Delgado's been performing in NYC and worldwide for over 35 years.
Back in the 1950s, I learned courtesy of Luciano, that it was the Italians and Jews who kept Salsa alive. After, Blacks kept on dancing to the salsa beat in the 60s and 70s. "Then at the height of the 70s when we came into our own Puerto Ricans and Dominicans came into the forefront [of Salsa music]" he said.
The event which was co-hosted by Tempo Editor Sandra Guzman and salsa artist Frankie Negron paid homage to the Salsa legends that attended like Larry Harlow, Dave Valentin, Eddie Montalvo, Johnny Colon, Mitch Frohman, Harvey Averne, conga player Bobby Allende, and Willie Torres. BET host Rosci Diaz of "106 and Park" was also there. Source: NY Post
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