Afro-Cuban jazz

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"From Cuba to Puerto Rico to New York, an irresistible music began brewing in the 1940s. Mixing bebop-based improvisations with Cuban and African rhythms, inventive musicians such as American trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and Cuban conguero Chano Pozo created a sizzling jazz style that still evolves today. Through anecodotal biographies and evocative photos, this book portrays every key Afro-Cuban Jazz innovator past and present, plus other jazz artists influenced by this infectious music. You'll a…

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Title Statements

Full title :Afro-Cuban jazz / Scott Yanow.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2000.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Miller Freeman Books
Place of Publication:San Francisco, CA
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2000.

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 212 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:087930619X, 9780879306199
oclc:ocm45080153
LC Classification:ML3506
Dewey Decimal:781.65/089/687291

Brief history of Afro-Cuban jazz -- Afro-Cuban jazz: 1930-2000. Conversations with four Afro-Cuban jazz greats -- They also recorded Afro-Cuban jazz -- Various artists -- Recommended books -- Future of Afro-Cuban jazz.

Subjects

Afro-cuban jazz Biografie Biographies Biography collective biographies Criticism, interpretation, etc Geschichte 1930-2000 Jazz musicians Jazz musicians -- Biography Jazzmusiker Latin jazz Latin jazz -- Histoire et critique Latin jazz -- History and criticism Musiciens de jazz -- Biographies