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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451633903321

Autore

Rondón César Miguel

Titolo

The book of salsa [[electronic resource] ] : a chronicle of urban music from the Caribbean to New York City / / César Miguel Rondón ; translated by Frances R. Aparicio with Jackie White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8078-8638-6

1-4696-0380-2

0-8078-8639-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução

Altri autori (Persone)

AparicioFrances R

WhiteJackie

Disciplina

781.64

Soggetti

Salsa (Music) - History and criticism

Salsa musicians - Caribbean Area

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in Spanish: Caracas : Editorial Arte, 1980.

Discography (p. [309]-312) and index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes discography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Salsa zero: the 1950s -- The 1960s -- Salsa's the thing -- The New York sound -- Our (Latin) thing -- The thing in Montuno -- The boom -- Another thing -- All of the salsas.

Sommario/riassunto

Salsa is one of the most popular types of music listened to and danced to in the United States. Until now, the single comprehensive history of the music--and the industry that grew up around it, including musicians, performances, styles, movements, and production--was available only in Spanish. This lively translation provides for English-reading and music-loving fans the chance to enjoy César Miguel Rondón's celebrated El libro de la salsa . For this first English-language edition, Rondón has added a new chapter to bring the story of salsa up to the present.