Salsa is the irresistible, passionate dance music of the Spanish-speaking world, the lifeblood of millions of Latin Americans - and American Latins - from the barrios of New York to the mansions of Puerto Rico and the crumbling apartments of Havana. Salsa's songs are the voices of Latin America; they accompany political struggles and domestic love scenes. Salsa is the music of Celia Cruz and Tito Puente, the Queen and King of Salsa, Ray Barretto, linking the night-club and jazz circuits, and Gloria Estefan, the Miami Cuban who brought Salsa to an international audience. This book offers a comprehensive guide to Salsa music, its history, its key figures, and its complex relationship with different countries. From Havana before and after the revolution to Spanish Harlem to Santo Domingo, the home of the merengue and across to the cities of Columbia. Drawing on interviews with musicians and composers, with portraits of star performers and singers as well as sections on Latin beats, a discography and bibliography, this is the complete and up-to-date story of Salsa.
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There is only one word to describe this book and that is BRILLIANT!
This book represents a true labour of love by the author Sue Steward (co-founder of the Mambo Inn in London). It is an entertaining read which succinctly conveys everything about this genre of music from its African and Latin-Caribbean roots right bang up to date with a perspective on the London Latin scene and towards the possible future directions of Salsa.
This book is beautifully illustrated with photos of all the major Salsa Legends from the past and present. It certainly helped me put faces to names of artists I've heard of and to learn something about who their lives.
Even just by flicking through the pages this book you can feel the infectious and spiritually uplifting tropical Latin rhythms tingling your fingers and moving your feet!
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