1920s Son cubano



sexteto habanero 1920.


in 1920, cuarteto oriental became sextet , renamed sexteto habanero. group established classical configuration of son sextet composed of guitar, tres, bongos, claves, maracas , double bass. sextet members were: guillermo castillo, conductor, guitar , second voice; gerardo martínez, first voice; felipe neri cabrera, maracas , choir; ricardo martínez, tresero, joaquín velazco, bongos; , antonio bacallao, botija. abelardo barroso, 1 of famous soneros, joined group in 1925.



sexteto habanero 1925.


popularization began in earnest arrival of radio broadcasting in 1922, came @ same time havana s reputation attraction americans evading prohibition laws. city became haven mafia, gambling , prostitution in cuba, , became second home trendy , influential bands new york city. son experienced period of transformation 1925 1928, when evolved marginal genre of music perhaps popular type of music in cuba.



sexteto boloña 1926.


a turning point made transformation possible occurred when then-president machado publicly asked la sonora matancera perform @ birthday party. in addition, acceptance of son popular music genre in other countries contributed more acceptance of son in mainstream cuba. @ time many sextets founded such boloña, agabama, botón de rosa , famous sexteto occidente conducted maría teresa vera.



sexteto occidente, new york 1926

back: maría teresa vera (guitar), ignacio piñeiro (double bass), julio torres biart (tres); front: miguelito garcia (clave), manuel reinoso (bongo) , francisco sánchez (maracas)


a few years later, in late 1920s, son sextets became septets , son s popularity continued grow artists septeto nacional , leader ignacio piñeiro (echale salsita – donde estabas anoche). in 1928, rita montaner s el manicero became first cuban song major hit in paris , elsewhere in europe. in 1930, don azpiazu s havana casino orchestra took song united states, became big hit.


the instrumentation expanded include cornets or trumpets, forming sextets , septets of 1920s. later these conjuntos added piano, other percussion instruments, more trumpets, , dance orchestra instruments in style of jazz big bands.








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