Origins of Salsa Dance
- Thread starter chook
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Hi Chook,
I'm busy reading a book called "Cuban Fire - the story of salsa and latin jazz" which tells where the music came from. It focusses on the music, not the dance, thought.
A similar book titled "Cuban Music" explains the African origins of the music very well in the first chapters, and the progression of instruments used also very well, but again it looks at the music, not the dance as such.
I would love to get a similar type of book that focusses on the dance patricularly...
I'm busy reading a book called "Cuban Fire - the story of salsa and latin jazz" which tells where the music came from. It focusses on the music, not the dance, thought.
A similar book titled "Cuban Music" explains the African origins of the music very well in the first chapters, and the progression of instruments used also very well, but again it looks at the music, not the dance as such.
I would love to get a similar type of book that focusses on the dance patricularly...
africana
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I got done reading a book by Philip Sweeney "A Rough Guide to Cuban Music" a month ago. Very good summary of how the main intruments were put together, major legends, inventors and innovators of the mambo rhythm and other genres like son, danzon, pachanga and more
lots of articles to be found on the web as well :google:
I would find and read through several to get a solid interpolation of facts
lots of articles to be found on the web as well :google:
I would find and read through several to get a solid interpolation of facts
SalsaAmore
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Check out Salsaroots.com. It is a very informative website on the history of Salsa music and dance.