From the Palladium to Copacabana, from Lehman college to NYC Salsa Congress and to the rest of the world,” he wrote. “Mr. Larry Harlow made the world dance with his music,” Rodriguez wrote.

“A lot of our salsa legends are fading away: We lost Johnny Pacheco, we lost Celia Cruz, we lost Tito Puente,” Rodriguez told Curbed ’s Valeria Ricciulli in 2021.