Read any good books lately?
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salsachinita
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Yes, Brujo. I've got two.
"Salsa - musiccal heartbeat of Latin America" by Sue Steward (Thames & Hudson) I have my copy signed by Oscar D'Leon
"Latin Jazz - The Perfect combination" by Raul Fernandez (Cronical Books) This one is bilingual.
Happy reading!
"Salsa - musiccal heartbeat of Latin America" by Sue Steward (Thames & Hudson) I have my copy signed by Oscar D'Leon
"Latin Jazz - The Perfect combination" by Raul Fernandez (Cronical Books) This one is bilingual.
Happy reading!
SDsalsaguy
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Here's a fairly interesting one for you Brujo...
Ospina, Hernando Calvo
1995 ¡Salsa! Havana Heat: Bronx Beat, trans. Nick Caistor. London: Latin America Bureau.
Ospina, Hernando Calvo
1995 ¡Salsa! Havana Heat: Bronx Beat, trans. Nick Caistor. London: Latin America Bureau.
HothouseSalsero
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I'm reading two right now, both very good, both books that I've already learned quite a bit from.
One is a collection of interviews by Leonardo Padura Fuentes, called Faces of Salsa (originally in Spanish).
The other is an academic work in ethnomusicology, but pretty readable: Lisa Waxer's City of Musical Memory: Salsa, Record Grooves, and Popular Culture in Cali, Colombia.
I'm not really a Latin jazz fan, but Cubano Be Cubano Bop looks like something I might want to read anyway.
One is a collection of interviews by Leonardo Padura Fuentes, called Faces of Salsa (originally in Spanish).
The other is an academic work in ethnomusicology, but pretty readable: Lisa Waxer's City of Musical Memory: Salsa, Record Grooves, and Popular Culture in Cali, Colombia.
I'm not really a Latin jazz fan, but Cubano Be Cubano Bop looks like something I might want to read anyway.
HothouseSalsero
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A little off-topic, but I'm hearing good things about the book [google]Stomp and Swerve[/google], a history of American (in the sense of U.S.) music from--well, here this is simpler: [google]Stomp and Swerve[/google]
For a salsa history, I can recommend:
Cuban Fire by Isabelle Leymarie. Extremely well researched and structured. It does read a little bit like the Iliad i.e. it goes into a lot of detail about who played with whom and when.
For merengue, it has to be the one by Paul Austerlitz: Merengue - Domincan Music and Dominican Identity.
For an all-round overview on the functions of dance, I thought that Gerald Jonas wrote well, though the book I'm referring to is no longer in print (BBC press strikes again). I always find general reading of this sort helpful in situating my activites in context. Sometimes it's easy to see the tree and not the forest.
Regards,
Loo
Cuban Fire by Isabelle Leymarie. Extremely well researched and structured. It does read a little bit like the Iliad i.e. it goes into a lot of detail about who played with whom and when.
For merengue, it has to be the one by Paul Austerlitz: Merengue - Domincan Music and Dominican Identity.
For an all-round overview on the functions of dance, I thought that Gerald Jonas wrote well, though the book I'm referring to is no longer in print (BBC press strikes again). I always find general reading of this sort helpful in situating my activites in context. Sometimes it's easy to see the tree and not the forest.
Regards,
Loo
HothouseSalsero
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Jenn, the chains bookstores (as well as the independents) near me will do special orders. Can't you do it that way? Otherwise, there are online distributors.
nycsalsero
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There was a lady selling a hardcover fiction book about life in the salsa scene in nyc at lincoln center this past summer. I wish I could remember the name of the book...
salsamale
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nycsalsero, a search on Amazon turned up:
"Mambo Peligroso: A Novel", by Patricia Chao
which is based in NYC, and available at my local library, so thanks
Some others:
"Faith in Carlos Gomez: A Memoir of Salsa, Sex, and Salvation", by Samantha Dunn
"Adventures of a Salsa Goddess", by JoAnn Hornak
but these aren't based in NYC.
any others?
"Mambo Peligroso: A Novel", by Patricia Chao
which is based in NYC, and available at my local library, so thanks
Some others:
"Faith in Carlos Gomez: A Memoir of Salsa, Sex, and Salvation", by Samantha Dunn
"Adventures of a Salsa Goddess", by JoAnn Hornak
but these aren't based in NYC.
any others?
salsera_alemana
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Oscar Hijuelos: The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, which I read a long time ago. You can read a summary and some reader reviews on amazon.
The story is set around many famous musicians and clubs of the time, that is the part that I liked. For my personal taste the book had too many sex scenes.
The story is set around many famous musicians and clubs of the time, that is the part that I liked. For my personal taste the book had too many sex scenes.
salsera_alemana
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Another book for those of you who read German:
Arne Birkenstock & Eduardo Blumenstock: Salsa, Samba, Santería (comes with a music CD with 19 songs).
This book gives an overview of many types of Latin American music, their history and their countries of origin.
There are chapters about music in Mexico and Central America, in the Andes, in the southern countries of South America, protest and revolutionary songs (Mercedes Sosa, Violeta Parra), Santería, Brasil, Cuba, Salsa, Bolero, Tango and a final chapter with an overview of instruments and rhythm patterns. Very nice book!
You can find it at amazon dot de.
Arne Birkenstock & Eduardo Blumenstock: Salsa, Samba, Santería (comes with a music CD with 19 songs).
This book gives an overview of many types of Latin American music, their history and their countries of origin.
There are chapters about music in Mexico and Central America, in the Andes, in the southern countries of South America, protest and revolutionary songs (Mercedes Sosa, Violeta Parra), Santería, Brasil, Cuba, Salsa, Bolero, Tango and a final chapter with an overview of instruments and rhythm patterns. Very nice book!
You can find it at amazon dot de.