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Mambo Kingdom: Latin Music in New York [Hardcover]

Max Salazar (Author), Al Angeloro (Foreword)

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Publication Date: December 1, 2002

In this collection of profiles and essays, Max Salazar, perhaps the most eminent Latin-music historian in the United States, tells the story of the music and the musicians who made it happen.

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Hardcover: 309 pages
Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books; 1ST edition (December 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0825672775
ISBN-13: 978-0825672774
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
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One of the greatest books on THE greatest music in the world. Visit my site on the history of Salsa musicians at www://hometown.aol.com/SalsaSupreme

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MAMBO KINGDOM IS AN EXCELLENT RESOURSE ON THE HISTORY OF LATIN MUSIC (SALSA). THE AUTHUR WALKS YOU THREW AN ERA THAT HAS LONG BEEN FORGOTTON,FOR LATIN MUSIC HISTORY MAX SALAZAR IS THE GODFATHER!!

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In 1919, two years after Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship, a small number migrated to the United States. Read the first page

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willie torres, jimmy frisaura, gabriel oller, gilberto monroig, joe loco, alberto iznaga, anselmo sacasas, orlando marin, tony molina, noro morales, jerry masucci, cheo feliciano, most popular orchestras, joe bataan, hector rivera, tito puente, tres guitar, pianola rolls, hector lavoe, music arranger, tremendous sales, label recording, featured act

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Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican, Tito Rodriguez, San Juan, United States, Fifth Avenue, Palladium Ballroom, Latin Beat, Spanish Harlem, Los Angeles, Orquesta Broadway, Eddie Palmieri, Xavier Cugat, Willie Bobo, Pupi Campo, Madison Avenue, Ray Barretto, Arsenio Rodriguez, Chano Pozo, Park Palace, Marcelino Guerra, China Doll, Luis Varona, Tico Records, United Artists

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Puerto Rico (Cultures of the World, Second) by Patricia Levy on page 102, page 151, and page 171
New York by Paul Morand on page 5, page 162, and page 164
Roberto Clemente (Hispanic Heritage) by Alan West on page 173

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