Books on SALSA

add d names nd info's abt salsa's books

"Salsa! The Rhythm of Latin Music" by Charley Gerard with Marty Sheller
Comes with CD

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This book focuses on explaining the basic rhythm's of salsa and other latin music. Some knowledge of reading music is needed. Also explains where these rhythm's come from. Very recommended if you want to understand the music itself.

"The Official Descarga Latin Music Guidebook: 2001"

This is not really a book. Instead it is a catolog of Descarga's (descarga.com) products. Descarga is the largest mail order company for tropical music. For me, this book is a reference guide, in fact a type of bible for all the CD's for all the salsa artists. It lists each salsa artist's CD's and the songs on all of them and the copyright year of the CD. I suppose this catolog is not as useful now as it was before the availibity of the web, but I still say it's worth having.

"Salsa: Musical Heartbeat of Latin America" or "Musica : The Rhythm of Latin America : Salsa, Rumba, Merengue, and More"
by Sue Steward

Colorful, with some photos. Traces the story of salsa. Looks are very good.

"Salsiology: Afro-Cuban Music and the Evolution of Salsa in New York City"
by Vernon W. Boggs

This book takes a more academic approach and is made up of articles from various authors. Includes information about the famous dance clubs in New York City in the 60's.

"Salsa!: Havana Heat, Bronx Beat" by Hernando Calvo Ospina

An easy read, telling the history of salsa by relating various peoples' stories.

aman can u please provide the link as to where it is available with each book.. or at least some pictures and excerpts from the books

just the names are too random

anand,

i hav not added d books name thru net.... 1 of ma frnd gav me ths document abt salsa b4 i joind ur classes... nd i hav read 1 of d book.... so i hav no idea abt d links...

regards,
Aman

search the internet aman ..you will find the links

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FACES SALSA PB (Paperback)
by Fuentes Lp (Author)






An award-winning Cuban novelist interviews famous salsa musicians about their lives and music.

In this collection of masterfully crafted interviews with some of the most famous creators of the music we call salsa, prize-winning Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura Fuentes explores the genesis of the music, its rise in popularity, its social context, and its artistic legacy. Filled with personal revelations by the musicians, historical detail about their lives and times, and colorful anecdotes about their identities, friendships, and working relationships, the book is a tribute to the artistry and social commitment of some of the most inventive artists of our time.

In his brilliant introduction about the idols of Latin music since the 1920s, and throughout the book, Padura takes up the old dispute about the relationship of salsa to the Cuban music known as son, but the book is not a search for origins. Rather, through his conversations with a group of extraordinarily articulate musicians, he reveals how the aesthetics of salsa filled a cultural void, transforming popular Latin and Caribbean dance music and creating a new generation of musicians who would establish a new model: the salsero, an artist who had embarked upon something his forbearers never did—a conscious project. 13 b/w photographs.

About the Author
Leonardo Padura Fuentes is a Cuban writer whose works include Máscaras, La Puerta de Alcalá y Otras Cacerías, Vientos de Cuaresma, and Pasada Perfecto. [img][/img]

nw a days demand of e-books are more thn normal books........

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Aparacio, Frances A. (1997) Listening to Salsa: Gender, Latin Popular Music and Puerto Rican Cultures. Wesleyan University Pr; ISBN 0819563080.

Austerlitz, Paul (1996). Merengue: Dominican Music and Dominican Identity. Temple University Press. ISBN 1566394848.

Bottomer, Paul (1990). Tango Argentino: The Technique. Sounds Sensational. ISBN 0 9517243 0 4.

Dworsky, Alan, and Sansby, Betsy (1994). Conga Drumming: A Beginners Guide to Playing With Time. Dancing Hands Music. ISBN 0963880101.

Dworsky, Alan, and Sansby, Betsy (1997). A Rhythmic Vocabulary: A Musician's Guide to Understanding and Improvising With Rhythm. Dancing Hands Music. ISBN 0963880128.

Fryer, Peter (1984). Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain. Pluto Press. ISBN 0861047494.

Gerard, Charley (1998). Salsa: The Rhythm of Latin Music (Performance in World Music Series, No. 3). White Cliffs Media Company. ISBN 0941677354.

Glasser, Ruth (1997). My Music Is My Flag : Puerto Rican Musicians and Their New York Communities, 1917-1940 (Latinos in American Society and Culture). University of California Press. ISBN 0520208900.

Harris, Paul (1998) Salsa & Merengue: the Essential Step-by-Step Guide. Sigma Leisure. ISBN 1850586993.

Jonas, Gerald (1992). Dancing: The Power of Dance Around the World.
ISBN 0 563 36411 4.

Mañuel, Peter (1995). Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae. Temple University Press. ISBN 1566393396.

Mauleon, Rebeca (1993). Salsa Guidebook for Piano and Ensemble, Spiral edition. Sher Music Company. ISBN 0961470194.

Mauleon-Santana, Rebeca (1999). 101 Montunos. Sher Music Company.
ISBN 1 883217 07 5.

Ospina, Hernando C. (1992). Salsa! Havana Heat, Bronx Beat. New York University Press. ISBN 090615698X.

Roberts, John Storm (1999). The Latin Tinge: The Impact of Latin American Music on the United States. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195121015.

Steward, Sue (1999). Salsa: Musical Heartbeat of Latin America. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 050028153X.

Sublette, Ned (2004). Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 1556525168.

Sulsbrück, Birger (1990). Latin-American Percussion, revised edition. Beekman Pub. ISBN 0846433966.

Waxer, Lise (2002). Situating Salsa: Global Markets and Local Meanings in Latin Popular Music (Perspectives in Global Pop). Routledge. ISBN 0815340206.

Williamson, Edwin (1993). The Penguin History of Latin America. The Penguin Press, 1992. ISBN 0 14 012559 0.