Puerto Rico and the Nu Yorican sound: mountain music (jíbara), classic salsa, boogaloo, latin soul, boricua jam sessions, mambo, gritty funk, and free-form jazz experimentation. “King of the Bass” Bobby Valentin, singer Hector Lavoe and trombonist and bandleader Willie Colon, mambo legend Tito Rodríguez, and more.