From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz

Bibliographic Data

ID19902452
AuthorsRaul A Fernandez (corresponding author)
Year2006
Pages215
Publication date2006-05-23
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueFrom Afro-Cuban rhythms to Latin jazz (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/9780520939448
OpenAlexW214136967
Open LibraryOL29602784M
ISBN9780520939448
LanguageEN
Citations received10

This book explores the complexity of Cuban dance music and the webs that connect it, musically and historically, to other Caribbean music, to salsa, and to Latin Jazz. Establishing a scholarly foundation for the study of this music, Raul A. Fernandez introduces a set of terms, definitions, and empirical information that allow for a broader, more informed discussion. He presents fascinating musical biographies of prominent performers Cachao López, Mongo Santamaría, Armando Peraza, Patato Valdés, Francisco Aguabella, Cándido Camero, Chocolate Armenteros, and Celia Cruz. Based on interviews that the author conducted over a nine-year period, these profiles provide in-depth assessments of the musicians’ substantial contributions to both Afro-Cuban music and Latin Jazz. In addition, Fernandez examines the links between Cuban music and other Caribbean musics; analyzes the musical and poetic foundations of the Cuban son form; addresses the salsa phenomenon; and develops the aesthetic construct of sabor, central to Cuban music. Copub: Center for Black Music Research

Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Jazz · Latin Americans · Linguistics · Literature · MAGIC (telescope) · Popular music · Rhythm · Taste · Cuban History and Society · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Black People · Blacks · Blacks, music · Cuba · Historia crítica · Historia y crítica · History and criticism · Jazz, history and criticism · Latin jazz · Music · Música · Música folclórica cubana · Música popular cubana · Musicians · Negros

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