I was on Gotham Gal’s website this morning using th LIJIT  Search Engine http://gothamgal.blogs.com/

I wanted to re read a book by one of my favorite authors and he is also a  great musician !  Yes I found it!

Viva Ritmo Latino

Cuba and Its Music:
From the First Drums to the Mambo
by Ned Sublette

“This entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the era of Miguelito Valdés, Arsenio Rodríguez, Benny Moré, and Pérez Prado. It offers a behind-the-scenes examination of music from a Cuban point of view, unearthing surprising, provocative connections and making a case for Cuba as fundamental to the evolution of music in the New World. Revealed are how the music of black slaves transformed 16th-century Europe, how the claves appeared, and how Cuban music influenced ragtime, jazz, and rhythm and blues. Music lovers will follow this journey from Andalucía, 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 Santería, Palo, Abakuá, Vodú, and much more.

Cuba and its Music is an ambitious project whose repercussions in a different genre might be on a par with those of Buena Vista. Grounded on frequent trips to the island and an extensive bibliography, this book by Ned Sublette is a first for an English-reading public: a didactic and accessible steer through part of Cuba’s turbulent history and its music, whose parameters embrace cultural anthropology, sociology, politics, and history, as well as musicology and music.   I also get a lot of great Latin Music from NPR http://www.ritmolatino.org/ Lijit is  great search engine with excellent Tech Support  it is  great add for any web site http://www.lijit.com/about

Ned Sublette.

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