Salsa is one of the most characteristic genres of the 1900s in the music industry; characterized by a very lively, powerful and danceable upbeat. Salsa is a fusion of many Latin musical genres that combines rhythms, instruments and musical elements mainly from Cuban son based on a three-by-two rhythm with a syncopated rhythmic pattern known as clave and Afro-Cuban dance. The roots of salsa originate in eastern Cuba, but by mid-century Havana became the home of this music and many foreign musical genres such as American jazz and popular music. Although the salsa genre has evolved differently throughout Latin America with the unique sounds of their country of origin, such as Colombian salsa and Puerto Rican salsa, it is still the most popular dance style in many communities today Hispanic. In the early 1960s major political changes took place in Cuba with the seizure of power of the country by the communist Fidel Castro; thus, forcing many Cubans, including musicians such as Celia Cruz, known internationally as the "Queen of Salsa", to immigrate to the United States, especially ...