New York Salsa All Stars "Descarga": Salsa Music Performance

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Descarga was founded with the intention of giving the genre of tropical Latin music the respect and attention it truly deserves. They believed that this music merits the reverence and admiration that classical music and American jazz have traditionally been afforded. Many, many talented musicians devoted their lives to this music and then died without receiving the recognition that should have been their due. It is with hope that in ways they can, in their own small way, rectify some of those injustices. Latin music is alive and well and there are many contemporary musicians worthy of that esteem. And, over time, will pay tribute to each and every one.

Que viva la música!

Descarga is a small, Brooklyn, New York based business that was founded in 1991 and was conceived as being an educational resource about tropical Afro-Latin music that also offers typically hard to find back-catalog and independant label CDs, videos, books and instruments.

Descarga has taken on a life of its own, growing to serve thousands of salsa-starved souls across the country and around the world. The Latin music business is hot. Although Descarga is no longer alone in this business, they are the model that others look to.

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