Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.
Latin soul was a short lived musical genre movement which developed in the 1960s in New York City. It consisted of a blend of Cuban mambo with elements of Latin jazz and soul music. Although short-lived the genre had a great influence on the growing Salsa movement which would dominate the New York Latin music scene in the 1970s. Today the term is typically used by Hispanic artists producing R&B or soul music.