conjunto

plural conjuntos

1. countableA small Latin American musical ensemble, mainly in Mexico and Cuba.

   In 1962, he joined Eddie Palmieri’s seminal band, La Perfecta, which challenged the big band scene with a smaller, conjunto lineup that called for fewer players and more improvisation.

   2009 April 13, A. E. Velez, “Manny Oquendo, Latin Band Leader and Stylistic Innovator, Dies at 78”, in New York Times

2. uncountableThe style of music played by such groups.

   […] conjunto is also evolving as a popular-music style. Younger musicians who once rejected conjunto and the accordion in the 1970s and 1980s, or those musicians who stopped performing due to lack of interest in conjunto, have […]

   2012, Helena Simonett, The Accordion in the Americas, page 99