The Great Cuban Fork

One ancestor — the Cuban son — and the many futures that branched from it. Siblings, not descendants.

Everything in this house shares deep roots in Cuban son, but the family is a tree, not a ladder. Its branches include Pérez Prado's mambo, New York salsa, the jazz fusion of Irakere, the songo Los Van Van built after 1969 and the timba NG La Banda crystallized two decades later. The crucial lesson is sibling, not descendant: these are related futures shaped by different cities, musicians and moments.

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