Ritmo de Salsa 1962

The common theory is that SALSA was coined by a South American Disc Jokey to describe the new swing in Latin Music being created by NYC Puerto Rican musicians in 1966 but use of the word is a bit more organic.Eddie Palmieri and Ismael Quintana use the term during 4 opening choruses in the song "RITMO CALIENTE" to describe the rhythm La Perfecta is playing on Palmieri's first Alegre release in 1962 Produced by Al Santiago.Palmieri's terse arrangements feature trombones as often as trumpets, frequently with a flute on top. That alignment, which makes the seven-piece horn section seem as robust as a big band, was borrowed by countless salsa stars of the late '60s and '70s, among them Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe).In Jimmy Sabater’s 1962 tune Salsa y Bembé, vocalist Cheo Feliciano wants his main squeeze to add salsa to the bembé (dance) when she dances. The lyrics suggest that there is a request for the dancer to liven up or spice up her performance. “When I wrote this tune,” said Sabater, “I was labeling the music as salsa…you know exciting. When musicians were asked to spice up the music there were shouts of “guataca”. When the band executed the mambo part, I heard shouts of “wapachosa”. These were labels which never caught on. My use of salsa was to describe the music, not the food.”In 1963 Alegre Records releases Charlie Palmieri’s charanga LP Salsa Na Ma. In the Heny Alvarez tune Salsa Na Ma, the chorus of Victor Velasquez and Willie Torres suggest that when they dance with their partners it is Salsa na ma…Que cosa rica (a joy).”Al Santiago’s liner notes described the music as salsa when he wrote “La Duboney (Palmieri’s band) is a musical aggregation that functions as an individual unit and possesses that all important ‘sauce’ necessary for satisfying the most demanding of musical tastes. It is for this reason that this LP album offering is titled Salsa Na Ma Santiago leaves an innovative blueprint for others to follow.No one does until the rise of Fania and the Fania All Stars.Alegre is eventually sold to Tico Records which in turn is bought by Fania Records.In June of 1970,