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The Roots of Timba, Pt I 
- 1940-El pirulero no vuelve más
- 1943-Oye como dice
- 1945-Deuda
- 1945-No hay yaya sin Guayacán
- 1946-Cangrejo fue a estudiar
- 1946-Dame un cachito pa' huele
- 1946-La juventud amaliana
- 1947-Adivínalo
- 1947-Soy el terror
- 1948-Tocoloro
- 1948-Tintorero ya llegó
- 1948-Tumba palo cucuyé
- 1948-Yo no engaño a las nenas
- 1948-El Cerro tiene la llava
- 1948-Esa china tiene coimbre
- 1948-A Belén le toca ahora
- 1949-Pueblo nuevo se pasó
- 1949-Me boté de guaño
- 1949-Los sitios acere
- 1949-Dundunbanza
- 1950-El rincón caliente
- 1950-La juventud de Cayo Hueso
- 1950-El rumbón de Luyanó
- 1951-Me dijo que sí y le dije que no
- 1951-Caminante y laborí
- Epilogue - Guaraguí
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The Roots of Timba, Pt I - 1949-Dundunbanza
1949 Arsenio Rodríguez - Dundunbanza
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bassist: Lázaro Prieto
source: Dundunbanza
notes: Dundunbanza is just one torrid vamp from beginning to end, barely even pausing for the bloque. The bass tumbao is unusually similar to the coro in both pitch and rhythm and marks the clave very distinctly. At the end of his solo Lilí hints strongly at the way timba piano would be played a half century later. The diablo is also very interesting -- it has interlocking trumpet parts but the lower one is played in a way that sounds very much like trombones. Having only recently introduced the idea of more than one trumpet Arsenio was already laying the groundwork for future conjuntos with contrasting groups of horns.
