Salsa music is a popular genre of Latin American music that originated in the Caribbean. It is a combination of Cuban Son, Puerto Rican Bomba and Plena, and other styles from the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Panama. The term 'salsa' is derived from the Spanish word for sauce, and the music is characterized by its fast-paced rhythms and improvisational style. MAMBO is a type of salsa music that originated in Cuba in the 1940s and is characterized by its syncopated rhythms and call-and-response vocals.