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This entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the era of Miguelito Valdes, Arsenio Rodriguez, Benny More, and Perez Prado. It offers a behind-the-scenes examination of music from a Cuban point of view, unearthing surprising, provocative connections and making the case that Cuba was fundamental to the evolution of music in the New World. The ways in which the music of black slaves transformed 16th-century Europe, how the "claves" appeared, and how Cuban music influenced ragtime, jazz, and rhythm and blues are revealed. Music lovers will follow this journey from Andalucia, the Congo, the Calabar, Dahomey, and Yorubaland via Cuba to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Saint-Domingue, New Orleans, New York, and Miami. The music is placed in a historical context that considers the complexities of the slave trade; Cuba's relationship to the United States; its revolutionary political traditions; the music of Santeria, Palo, Abakua, and Vodu; and much more.

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Book category Books in English The arts Music

• Full title: Cuba and Its Music
• Author: Ned Sublette
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 688
• EAN: 9781556526329
• ISBN: 1556526326
• ID: 02081711
• Publisher: A Cappella Books
• Weight: 920 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 228 × 38 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. February 2007

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