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Musica!: Salsa, Rumba, Merengue, and More
by Sue Steward  Synopsis Salsa, the irresistible dance music of the Spanish-speaking world, has made its way into the lives of millions around the globe. But salsa is only one of many popular Latin rhythms. The first comprehensive guide to the music, its history, and its legends,...
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Mariachi Music in America: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture Includes CD (Global Music)
by Daniel Sheehy Publisher Comments Mariachi Music in America is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for...
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Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo
by Ned Sublette Publisher Comments This entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the era of Miguelito Valdés, Arsenio Rodríguez, Benny Moré, and Pérez Prado. It offers a behind-the-scenes examination...
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Rites of Rhythm: The Music of Cuba
by Jory Farr Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-260) and discography (p. 235-246)....
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Azucar! the Celia Cruz Biography
by Eduardo Marceles Publisher Comments Celia Cruz, the Queen of Salsa, successful singer, political exile and humanitarian. This fascinating biography begins with her recent funeral in New York, traveling back to her modest origins in Havana, and how fate intervened to bring her seductive...
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Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo
by Ned Sublette Publisher Comments This entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the era of Miguelito Valdés, Arsenio Rodríguez, Benny Moré, and Pérez Prado. It offers a behind-the-scenes...
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Passion and Pain: The Life of Hector Lavoe
by Marc Shapiro Publisher Comments From the poverty-stricken streets of Ponce, Puerto Rico to the vibrant barrios of New York City, HECTOR LAVOE became the singer of all singers, and the driving-force behind the Salsa movement in the mid-1960s. His popularity rivaled that of his...
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City of Musical Memory : Salsa, Record Grooves and Popular Culture in Cali, Colombia (02 Edition)
by Lise A. Waxer Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-306), discography (p. 307), and index....
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Musica Brasileira: A History of Popular Music and the People of Brazil
by Claus Schreiner Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [294]-298) and index....
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Lalo: My Life and Music
by Lalo Guerrero Publisher Comments He has been called "the father of Chicano music" and "the original Chicano hepcat." A modest man in awe of his own celebrity, he has sung of the joys and sorrows, dreams and frustrations of the Mexican American community over a sixty-year career. Lalo...
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Black Rhythms of Peru: Reviving African Musical Heritage in the Black Pacific (Music/Culture)
by Heidi Carol Feldman Publisher Comments In the late 1950s to 1970s, an Afro-Peruvian revival brought the forgotten music and dances of Peru's African musical heritage to Lima's theatrical stages. The revival conjured newly imagined links to the past in order to celebrate--and to some extent...
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Creative Guitar 1: Cutting-Edge Techniques
by Sanctuary Press Synopsis Aimed a providing advice and direction for the frustrated guitarist, Guthrie Govan focuses on how you can expand your potential by refining your playing techniques, allowing you to tackle more complex riffs and solos. This title is accompanied by an...
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Why Is This Country Dancing?
by John Krich Publisher Comments Details the major aspect of Brazilian popular music and its relation to the formation of national identity in Brazil includes a wealth of musical history....
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Rock En Espanol: The Latin Alternative Rock Explosion
by Ernesto Lechner Publisher Comments The most exciting music to come out of Latin America in the last 15 years belongs to the genre known as rock en español—the fusion of Anglo alt-rock with Latin folklore that is examined in this volume. What began as a cult movement in the late...
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The Latin Beat: The Rhythms and Roots of Latin Music, from Bossa Nova to Salsa and Beyond
by Ed Morales Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-354) and index....
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Voices of Latin Rock: The People and Events That Created This Sound
by Jim Mccarthy Synopsis Directly from the Mission District in San Francisco, the explosive fusion of Latin, salsa and rock is chronicled from a writer who has followed the music and the musicians for over 30 years. The book covers the stories of prominent Latin rock bands...
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Narcocorrido: A Journey Into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas
by Elijah Wald Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-305), discography (p. [311]-317), and index....
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My Sax Life
by Paquito D'rivera Publisher Comments Since defecting from Cuba in 1980--and indeed long before that in his native land--Paquito D'Rivera has received glowing praise time and again. A best-selling artist with more than thirty solo albums to his credit, D'Rivera has performed at the White...
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Cuban Music from A to Z
by Helio Orovio Publisher Comments Available in English for the first time, Cuban Music from A to Z is an encyclopedic guide to one of the world's richest and most influential musical cultures. It is the most extensive compendium of information about the singers, composers, bands...
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Mystery of Samba: Popular Music and National Identity in Brazil (Latin America in Translation/En Traduccion/Em Traducao)
by Hermano Vianna Publisher Comments For Brazilians, samba symbolizes the racial and cultural mixture that now defines their national identity. As the story behind Brazils nationalization of samba, this book offers a unique approach to the countrys ongoing conversation on race, popular...
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