Cuban Fire: The Story of Salsa and Latin Jazz

Leymarie, Isabelle

ISBN 10: 0826455867 / ISBN 13: 9780826455864

Published by Continuum Intl Pub Group, NY, 2002

About this Item

2002, ex library stamps, library bar code in rear, hard cover, slight edgewear, light soiling on outer page edges, d.j. attached to book, label taped to spine of d.j., B&W photos, 394 p. Seller Inventory # 60476

Bibliographic Details

Title: Cuban Fire: The Story of Salsa and Latin Jazz

Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group, NY

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Fair

Dust Jacket Condition: Fair

Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis:

This title tells the saga of popular music of Cuban origin, and its major artists from the 1920s to today. Afro-Cuban music derives its richness from the fusion of various cultures. On the island of tobacco, rum and coffee, the marriage of sacred and secular African musical genres with Spanish and French melodies has given rise to numerous genres which have gained international fame: son, rhumba, guaracha, conga, mambo, cha-cha-cha, pachanga, nueva timba. In the US, Cubans have settled alongside other Hispanic communities. In New York, the boogaloo, salsa and Latin jazz, created by musicians such as Machito, Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo emerged from contact with Puerto Ricans and African-Americans, and the rhythms of Puerto Rico and Santo Domingo were integrated into salsa and Latin jazz.

About the Author:

Isabelle Leymarie, a pianist and musicologist, has been involved with jazz and Latin music for many years. She has taught at academic institutions. She has co-directed and written documentaries, produced radio shows in Europe and Canada and written books including Cuba and Its Music (Le Chene, Paris, 1999) which won the French 'Prix des Muses' prize.