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Sounding salsa : performing Latin music in New York City / Christopher Washburne.

Von: Washburne, Christopher [author.]Materialtyp: TextTextSprache: Englisch Reihen: Studies in Latin American and Caribbean music | ACLS Humanities E-BookVerlag: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008Beschreibung: 1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations, musicInhaltstyp: Text Medientyp: Computermedien Datenträgertyp: Online ResourceSchlagwörter: -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticism | -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York | Salsa (Music) | Salsa (Music)Genre/Form: Online-Ressourcen: Volltext
Inhalte:
Salsa bands and the performance of pueble -- "The music is so good, but the scene is pure dues!": salsa musicians -- "Play like there's a gun to your head!": the aesthetics and performance practice of sounding violence in salsa -- New York salsa and drugs: aesthetics, performance practice, governmental policy, and the illicit drug trade -- La India and the masquerading of gender on the salsa scene -- "They are going to hear this in Puerto Rico. It has got to be good!" : the sound and style of salsa -- Appendices.
Zusammenfassung: This ethnographic journey into the New York salsa scene of the 1990s offers detailed accounts of musicians grappling with intercultural tensions and commercial pressures. The author, himself an accomplished salsa musician, examines the organizational structures, recording processes, rehearsing and gigging of salsa bands.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-243) and index.

Salsa bands and the performance of pueble -- "The music is so good, but the scene is pure dues!": salsa musicians -- "Play like there's a gun to your head!": the aesthetics and performance practice of sounding violence in salsa -- New York salsa and drugs: aesthetics, performance practice, governmental policy, and the illicit drug trade -- La India and the masquerading of gender on the salsa scene -- "They are going to hear this in Puerto Rico. It has got to be good!" : the sound and style of salsa -- Appendices.

This ethnographic journey into the New York salsa scene of the 1990s offers detailed accounts of musicians grappling with intercultural tensions and commercial pressures. The author, himself an accomplished salsa musician, examines the organizational structures, recording processes, rehearsing and gigging of salsa bands.

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