A few thoughts about the "Cuban danzon"

Would you like to see our parents jump and start dancing?

Play a "danzon"!

There is something magical about the beat and the romantic overtones. I can certainly understand why people love it so much.

I certainly do.

The story of the "danzon" goes like this:

"Danzón has been called the official dance of Cuba, and evolved from the French-Haitian Contradance, brought to Cuba by Haitians fleeing the revolution of the late 1700s.

Danzón is also widely popular in Mexico's Gulf Coast. "

In old Cuba, Barbarito Diez was one of the great performers of "danzon".     

This is a great LP of so many of his classics.    I love "Martha" & "El amor de mi bohio".