Frank Grillo

The Rumba was the way to a particular group of fun for many centuries before. This genre has a lot of styles or modes of resonance depending on where it is made. Among those who practice it, Rumba is not only music but a party, a gathering for percussion, dance and singing. In Cuba "rumbear" or "IRSE the rumba" means to go clubbing or partying. Rumba is known as a party in Cuba, and even a Rumba Palace was built in Varadero, despite the fact that all types of music, rumba, but are played in this club.

There are references to Rumba from the early 18th century, because it was very popular in rural and suburban areas, such as small villages built near or candy factories. It was a type of music common to the freed slaves and the descendants of African ethnic groups, such as Lucumi, the Ganges, the Arara and Bantu. The men dance dances like boxing, which have been assigned ethnic group in Congo, known by the name of the dance of peanuts, which could be considered primitive dance the rumba. Three barrels or drums lay yucca were used.

In general, the Rumba is improvised and played with all sorts of strong instrument. The pace is, undoubtedly, Africa and there is evidence that singing, known as well as crying or awakening, has been copied from the Andalusian way of singing.

Rumba made in the campaign came to prominence in the last decades of the 19th century in Matanzas, Havana and other areas such as Ciego de Avila, Florida and Moron in the former province of Camaga¼ey. The rumberos Matanzas were precisely those who spread this kind in the island during their travels looking for work in the sugar-producing areas of Central Cuba.

During the 1920s, Mario Bauza and Frank Grillo founded their orchestra using traditional instruments of jazz and Cuban percussion, and they began to reproduce some elements of the Rumba, to create choreographed dances for couples to dance the kind. This stylish product was called Rumba Room (Ballroom Rumba) in opposition to the Rumba Box played and danced in building buildings in Havana, which is how the world became acquainted with her.

The rumba has different styles, but the most famous of all is guaguanca³ (which comes from the street). This type of Rumba is more elaborate than the remaining alternatives, duet and accompanied by three drums (congas, tumba, quinto and or requinto), claves, a rattle, a guiro, guiros little metal around the wrists of the players and a wooden soundboard.

Guaguanca³ is also danced in couples. Women flirt dance imitating the graceful movements of a chicken with their size, and dance men by imitating a chicken or a pigeon, trying to seduce and symbolic possession of their partner when they are not careful. This movement is called "vacunao" or "abrochao" and occurs when the men, moving their pelvis female sex organs, try to be as close as possible, a move that is closely guarded by women.

There is a great list of Cuban Rumberos, but among them Chano Pozo, Pello el Afroka¡n, Tata Ga¼ines, Los Mua±equitos Matanzas, Los Papines, and Celia Cruz are outstanding. The records of the unforgettable Celia Cruz, alongside his presentations around the world have made famous the authentic sound of the Cuban Rumba.