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Test your knowledge about Latin music by attempting to answer the ten questions below. If you get them all right, you may win a free Latin Jazz CD.

 

Q: What is the name of the bandleader who, along with his orchestra, performed what some consider the earliest rendition of Cuban dance music (salsa) in New York City?
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Q: Who was the first popular tango singer to gain wide recognition in the United States?
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Q: What was the name of this Brazilian singer-dancer that would become an instant star in 1939 in Broadway?
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Q: What was the first Latin dance craze to become popular in the United States?
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Q: What is the name of the first ever Cuban dance song to gain wide appeal in the United States?
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Q: What is the title and author of an early Brazilian composition that would become one of the most enduring of Latin standards in the Unitd States?
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Q: What is one of the earliest samba-based songs to gain substantial success in the United States?
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Q: What pair of famous American dancers-entertainers performed in the Hollywood musical with Latin themes "Flying Down To Rio" in 1933?
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Q: What Cuban musician performed with Machito and his orchestra and is considered one of the creators of Afro-Cuban Jazz?
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Q: What famous Cuban entertainer helped to popularize the rumba in the United States during the late 1930's?
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