Cuban fire : the saga of salsa and Latin jazz
Afro-Cuban music derives its richness from the fusion of various cultures. On the island of tobacco, rum and coffee, sacred and secular African musical genres have merged with Spanish and French melodies to give rise to numerous genres that have gained international fame: son, rhumba, guaracheam congal mambo, cha-cha-cha, pachanga, and nuova timba. The history of Cuban music unfolds in the United States, where many large Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Hispanic communities have grown up over the years. It was in New York that such genres as boogaloo, salsa, and Latin jazz, emerged out of contact between Puerto Rican and African American communities. This book also deals with the incandescent rhythms of Puerto Rico and Santo Damingo, integrated today into salsa and Latin jazz
eBook, English, 2002
Continuum, London, 2002