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95. Where did the term Salsa come?
Answer:
During the really hot jams. Another story is that like a good sauce, they added more and more ingredients from the jazz influence so that it mutated the Danzon roots. Remember this stuff was called Latin Jazz in the 40s & 50s. When Latin music underwent a resurgence, in the 80s, rather than reviving a dead horse, the movers and shakers gave it the term Salsa and the dance caught fire.