From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz

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ID19989003
AuthorsRaul Fernandez (0000-0002-0252-8621, corresponding author), Raul A Fernandez
Year2006
Pages199
Publication date2006-05-23
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueFrom Afro-Cuban rhythms to Latin jazz (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/california/9780520247079.001.0001
OpenAlexW4300893414
Open LibraryOL22741094M
ISBN9780520247079
LanguageEN
Citations received15

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, the author introduces a set of terms, definitions, and empirical information that allow for a broader, more informed discussion. He presents 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, the book examines the links between Cuban music and other Caribbean music; 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

Aesthetics · Art · Concert dance · Construct (python library) · Dance · Electronic dance music · Epistemology · Humanities · Jazz · Jazz dance · Latin Americans · Linguistics · Literature · Music education · Musical · Period (music) · Phenomenon · Poetry · Popular music · Rhythm · SALSA · Visual arts · Computer Science · Cuban History and Society · History · Music · Philosophy · Spanish Literature and Culture Studies · Black People · Blacks · Blacks, music · Cuba · Historia crítica · Historia y crítica · History and criticism · Jazz, history and criticism · Latin jazz · Música · Música folclórica cubana · Música popular cubana · Musicians · Negros

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