Cubano Be Cubano Bop: One Hundred Years of Jazz in Cuba

Cubano Be Cubano Bop: One Hundred Years of Jazz in Cuba
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Based on unprecedented research in Cuba, the direct testimony of scores of Cuban musicians, and the author's unique experience as a prominent jazz musician, Cubano Be, Cubano Bop is destined to take its place among the classics of jazz history. The work pays tribute not only to a distinguished lineage of Cuban jazz musicians and composers, but also to the rich musical exchanges between Cuban and American jazz throughout the twentieth century.

The work begins with the first encounters between Cuban music and jazz around the turn of the last century. Acosta writes about the presence of Cuban musicians in New Orleans and the â€œSpanish tingeâ€ in early jazz from the city, the formation and spread of the first jazz ensembles in Cuba, the big bands of the thirties, and the inception of â€œLatin jazz.â€ He explores the evolution of Bebop, Feeling, and Mambo in the forties, leading to the explosion of Cubop or Afro-Cuban jazz and the innovations of the legendary musicians and composers Machito, Mario BauzÃ¡, Dizzy Gillespie, and Chano Pozo. The work concludes with a new generation of Cuban jazz artists, including the Grammy award-winning musicians and composers Chucho ValdÃ©s and Paquito Dâ€™Rivera.
Country USA
Brand Smithsonian Books
Manufacturer Smithsonian Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Brown
ReleaseDate 2003-09-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781588341471

Country	USA
Brand	Smithsonian Books
Manufacturer	Smithsonian Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Brown
ReleaseDate	2003-09-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781588341471

Cubano Be Cubano Bop: One Hundred Years of Jazz in Cuba

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