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

Author/Creator:

Rondón, César Miguel, author.

Standardized Title:

Libro de la salsa. English

Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008.

Series:

Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução.
Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource

Subjects:

Salsa (Music) -- History and criticism.
Salsa musicians -- Caribbean Area.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes discography and index.
Originally published in Spanish: Caracas : Editorial Arte, 1980.
Description based on print version record.

Contributor:

Aparicio, Frances R., translator.
White, Jackie, translator.

ISBN:

0-8078-8638-6
1-4696-0380-2
0-8078-8639-4

OCLC:

235360726

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