Salsa music "Salsa" means 'sauce' in the Spanish language, and carries connotations of the spiciness common in Latin and Caribbean cuisine. In the 20th century, "salsa" acquired a musical meaning in both English and Spanish. In this sense "salsa" has been described as a word with "vivid associations". Cubans and Puerto Ricans in New York have used the term analogously to swing or soul music. In this usage "salsa" connotes a frenzied, "hot" and wild musical experience that draws upon or reflects elements of Latin culture, regardless of the style. Various music writers and historians have traced the use of "salsa" to
Music history of the United States early 1970s, using multiple sources from Latin America in the pan-Latin melting pot of the city. Puerto Rican [[plena]] and [[Bomba (Puerto Rico)|bomba]] and Cuban [[Cha-cha-cha (music)|chachacha]], [[son montuno]] and [[Mambo (music)|mambo]] were the biggest influences, alongside [[Jamaica]]n, Mexican, [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]], [[Trinidad]]ian, [[Argentina|Argentinian]], [[Colombia]]n and [[Brazil]]ian sources. Many of the earliest salsa musicians, like [[Tito Puente]], had had a long career in various styles of Latin music. Salsa grew very popular in the 1970s and into the next two decades, spreading south to Venezuela, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Peru and especially Cuba. Punk rock arose as a reaction against what