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Books on Latin Jazz
and Salsa Music
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Faces of Salsa: A Spoken History of The Music
by
Leonardo Padura Fuentes. Translated by Stephen J. Clark
In this collection of masterfully crafted interviews with some of the
most famous creators of the music we call salsa, prize-winning Cuban
novelist Leonardo Padura Fuentes explores the genesis of the music,
its rise in popularity, its social context, and its artistic legacy.
Filled with personal revelations by the musicians, historical detail
about their lives and times, and colorful anecdotes about their
identities, friendships... |
The Latin Beat: The Rhythms and Roots of Latin Music
by Ed
Morales
Latin music has been transforming the United States since the turn of
the century, when Caribbean beats turned New Orleans music into jazz.
In fact, we wouldn't have any of our popular music without it: Imagine
pop sans the mambos of Perez Prado and Tito Puente, the garage rock of
Richie Valens, or even the glitzy croon of Julio Iglesias, not to
mention the psychedelia of Santana and Los Lobos and... |
Cubano Be, Cubano Bop: One Hundred Years of Jazz in Cuba
by
Leonardo Acosta, Daniel Whitesell (Translator)
Based on unprecedented research in Cuba, the direct testimony of
scores of Cuban musicians, and the author's unique experience as a
prominent jazz musician, Cubano Be, Cubano Bop is destined to take its
place among the classics of jazz history. The work pays tribute not
only to a distinguished lineage of Cuban jazz musicians and composers,
but also to the rich musical exchanges between Cuban and American jazz
throughout the twentieth century... |
Le Grand Tango: The Life and Music of Astor Piazzolla
by
Maria Susana Azzi and Simon Collier. Foreword by Yo-Yo Ma
Argentine composer and performer Piazzolla (1921-92) updated tango
music and brought it to the international concert stage, attracting a
large following while angering tango traditionalists. Born in Mar del
Plata on the Atlantic coast, 250 miles south of Buenos Aires, he spent
most of his childhood on Manhattan's Lower East Side, slipping into
Harlem clubs to hear Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. A lover of
tango, jazz, and classical music, he created and toured with various
ensembles... |
Mambo Kingdom: Latin Music in New York
by Max
Salazar
By 1930, Afro-Cuban music had gained a firm foothold in the city,
setting the stage for the mambo, pachanga, boogaloo, and salsa scenes
that followed. In this collection of profiles and essays, Max Salazar
tells the story of the music and the musicians who made it happen,
including Rafael Hernandez, Miguelito Valdes, Noro Morales, Tito
Puente, Tito Rodriguez, Charlie Palmieri, Joe Cuba, Hector Lavoe, and
many others... |
Cuban Fire: The Saga of Salsa and Latin Jazz
by
Isabelle Leymarie
In "Cuban Fire", Isabelle Leymarie tells the thrilling story of
popular music of Cuban origin and its major artists from the 1920's to
today. Afro-Cuban music derives its richness from the fusion of many
cultures. On the island of tobacco, rum and coffee, nicknamed "The
Green Caiman", the wedding of sacred and secular African musical
genres with Spanish and French melodies gave rise to numerous
genres... |
¡Caliente! - Una Historia del Jazz Latino
by Luc
Delannoy
El carácter universal del Jazz Latino se manifiesta en la
multiplicación creciente de su público y en la diversificación de sus
repertorios. La importancia de este género de la música popular es
indiscutible: cada vez se aprecia más la influencia del Caribe y de
Latinoamérica en todos los ámbitos de la cultura. El libro de Delannoy
muestra los mejores momentos de la historia del Jazz Latino...
(Available in Spanish only). |
Situating Salsa: Global Markets and Local Meanings in Latin Popular
Music (Perspectives in Global Pop)
by
Lise Waxer
Situating Salsa offers the first comprehensive consideration of salsa
music and its social impact, in its multiple transnational contexts.
Lise Waxer is Assistant Professor of Music at Trinity College,
Hartford, Connecticut. She received her PhD. in Ethnomusicology from
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1998... |
The Rough Guide to Cuban Music
by
Philip Sweeney
Some of the world's most vibrant popular music come from Cuba, the
home of salsa, rumba, son and chachacha. The Rough Guide to Cuban
Music is the perfect handbook to the island's various traditions,
telling the story from the era of slavery to the twenty-first century. |
Afro-Cuban Jazz - The Essential Listening Companion
by
Scott Yanow
From Cuba to Puerto Rico to New York, an irresistible music began
brewing in the 1940's. Mixing bebop-based improvisations with Cuban
and African rhythms, inventive musicians such as American trumpeter
Dizzy Gillespie and Cuban conguero Chano Pozo created a sizzling jazz
style that still evolves today... |
Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World
by Ruy
Castro
Bossa nova is one of the most popular musical genres in the world.
Songs such as "The Girl from Ipanema" (the fifth-most-played song in
the world), "The Waters of March," and "Desafinado" are known from one
end of the earth to the other. This book, the one and only, definitive
account of the history of bossa nova... |
Latin Jazz : The First of Fusion, 1900 - Today
by
John Storm Roberts
In this comprehensive examination of Latin jazz, John Storm Roberts,
British-born, U.S.-based music journalist and author of "Black Music
of Two Worlds" and "The Latin Tinge", details the diversity and
history of this often overlooked genre. Writing for the novice,
Roberts outlines the presence of Afro-Hispanic rhythms and musical
forms in African-American jazz: exploring turn-of-the-century New
Orleans... |
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Latin Tinge: The Impact of Latin American Music on the United States
by
John Storm Roberts
The Tejano superstar Selena and the tango revival both in the dance
clubs and on Broadway are only the most obvious symptoms of how
central Latin music is to American musical life. Latino rap has
brought a musical revolution, while Latin and Brazilian jazz are ever
more significant on the jazz scene... |
Tito Puente and the Making of Latin Music
by
Steven Loza
Synopsis: A multifaceted portrait of "El Rey", The King of Latin
music. This is the first in-depth historical, musical, and cultural
study to trace the career and influence of Tito Puente. 57 photos. |
Recordando a Tito Puente: El Rey del Timbal
by
Steven Loza
He was known as "El Rey del Timbal" and came to epitomize the Latin
experience in music, not just to Latinos throughout the United States
and Latin America but to a worldwide audience. Recordando a Tito
Puente is the first and only in-depth look at the career and lasting
influence of this giant of Latin music... |
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