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Originally fashioned from wooden crates used to transport goods during the latter 18th and 19th centuries, the invention of the cajón is generally attributed to musicians of African heritage throughout the Caribbean and the Americas who substituted shipping boxes, crates, drawers, or even tables for drums, when drums were unavailable or prohibited.
Over time, the cajón acquired permanent musical instrument status. In Cuba, the cajón is played primarily for a suite of party rhythms, songs and dances known collectively as "Rumba". In Peru, the cajón is played for the popular Afro-Peruvian rhythms The cajón continues to be incorporated into various musical genres. In the 1980's, Spanish master guitarist, Paco De Lucia added a cajón player to his sextet; and the cajón has since become an essential part of flamenco music. |
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