Bibliograph

Cuba and its music, from the first drums to the mambo, Ned Sublette

Type

Label

Cuba and its music, from the first drums to the mambo, Ned Sublette

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cuba and its music

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Ned Sublette

Sub title

from the first drums to the mambo

Summary

This entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the era of Miguelito Valds, Arsenio Rodriguez, Benny Mor, and Prez 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 Andaluc?a, the Congo, the Calabar, Dahomey, and Yorubaland via Cuba to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Saint-Dominguez, 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 Santera, Palo, Abaku, and Vod; and much more

Target audience

adult

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