Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : The other jazz -- Why call it Latin jazz? Afro-Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz, Cubop, Caribbean jazz, jazz Latin, or just... jazz : the politics of naming an intercultural music -- Caribbean and Latin American reverberations and the first birth of Latin jazz : New Orleans and the Spanish tinge -- The second birth of Latin jazz : Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington do the rumba -- "El tema del Apollo" : Latin American and Caribbean music in Harlem -- The "othering" of Latin jazz -- "More cowbell" : Latin jazz in the twenty-first century.
Summary:
"Latin Jazz: the Other Jazz is an issue oriented historical and ethnographic study of Latin jazz that focuses upon key moments in the history of the music in order to unpack the cultural forces that have shaped its development. The broad historical scope of this study, which traces the dynamic interplay of Caribbean and Latin American musical influence in 18th and 19th century colonial New Orleans through to the present global stage, provides an in depth contextual foundation for exploring how musicians work with and negotiate through the politics of nation, place, race, and ethnicity in the ethnographic present. As the book title suggests, Latin jazz is explored both as a specific sub-genre of jazz, and, through the processes involved in its constructed "otherness." Latin Jazz: the Other Jazz provides a revisionist perspective on jazz history by embracing and celebrating jazz' rich global nature and heralding the significant and undeniable Caribbean and Latin American contributions to this beautiful expressive form. This study demonstrates how jazz expression reverberates entangled histories that encompass a tapestry of racial distinctions and blurred lines between geographical divides. Jazz is a product of the black, brown, tan, mulatto, beige, and white experience throughout the Americas and the Caribbean. This book acknowledges, pays tribute to, and celebrates the diversity of culture, experience, and perspectives that are foundational to jazz. By doing so, the music's legacy is shown to transcend way beyond stylistic distinction, national borders, and the imposition of the black and white racial divide that has only served to maintain the status quo and silence and erase the foundational contributions of innovators from the Caribbean and Latin America"-- Provided by publisher.
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