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A pianist's proving ground. Noro Morales's danza — courtly, cascading, built for two hands to show off — became a rite of passage for the keyboard giants of...
Open in the interactive experienceA pianist's proving ground. Noro Morales's danza — courtly, cascading, built for two hands to show off — became a rite of passage for the keyboard giants of Latin music. Watch who takes it on: Johnny Pacheco, Eddie Palmieri, Ray Barretto, Papo Lucca and Ricardo Ray trading on the melody, Tito Puente answering on vibraphone. Each bends the danza toward their era — bop, boogaloo, salsa, Latin jazz — but the tune stays a sixty-year conversation between pianists.
- Composer
- Noro Morales
- Year
- 1940
- Lineage
- mambo