Cha-cha-cha

Cha-cha-cha In the late 1940s, Cuban violinist and composer Enrique Jorrín, then with the charanga Orquesta América, composed a variation of the danzón based on the third trio section, or montuno, and created the cha-cha-cha. His variation, which he originally called mambo-rumba, contained an introduction, two main parts, and ended with a mambo-like coda. Rather than using a lead singer, his cha-cha-chas featured musicians who would sing short phrases in unison, each phrase separated by…