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The Book of Salsa: A Chronicle of Urban Music from the Caribbean to New York City

The Book of Salsa: A Chronicle of Urban Music from the Caribbean to New York City


The Book of Salsa: A Chronicle of Urban Music from the Caribbean to New York City


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The Book of Salsa: A Chronicle of Urban Music from the Caribbean to New York City

Salsa is one of the most popular types of music listened to and danced to in the United States. Until now, the single comprehensive history of the music - and the industry that grew up around it, including musicians, performances, styles, movements, and production - was available only in Spanish. This lively translation provides for English-reading and music-loving fans the chance to enjoy César Miguel Rondón's celebrated "El libro de la salsa." For this first English-language edition, Rondón has added a new chapter to bring the story of salsa up to the present.

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Listening Length: 13 hours and 31 minutes

Program Type: Audiobook

Version: Unabridged

Publisher: Audible Studios

Audible.com Release Date: February 10, 2014

Language: English

ASIN: B00ICNPQ4W

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Very accurate and well written, although the Spanish version remains superior.

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I would ordinarily not review a book I didn't finish, but Rondón made two errors in the first 28 pages so grievous that I put the book down for good. First, about the debut album from Eddie Palmieri's band La Perfecta, he claims: "Eddie's older brother, Charlie, was the pianist and in charge of composing and arranging most of their repertoire." If he owned this album--one of the most important in the history of salsa--he could plainly see that Charlie wrote the liner notes and did nothing else on it.Then, a few pages later, he attributes the song "Micaela" to Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez. Now this is an error so common that Fania records itself has made it on at least one of their compilations, but Rondón should know better. There were two different artists named Pete Rodriguez on the Fania label--Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez, the salsa singer who did "Catalina La O," among other classics, and Pete Rodriguez (and his Orchestra), who was dubbed "The King of Boogaloo." It was the latter who did "Micaela."It's bad enough that Rondón, a Venezuelan, tries desperately to maintain that Venezuela was as important to the history of Salsa as Puerto Rico, but these huge factual errors (as well as minor ones--the original Perfecta included a flautist and was heavily influenced by charanga, though Rondón seems not to know this) indicate a stunning lack of knowledge about his subject and a failure to get anyone to fact check his work.

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Why confuse myself by reading this book. . .;Saying that Johnny Pacheco sounded like the Sonora Mantancera and had same instrumentation on the first 2 recordings with Celia Cruz was absurd and enough to make me skeptical of all the contents of the book, that is, not knowing what to trust. No solid ground here. Instead of bongo the Sonora had palitos or timbalitos, sort of miniature timbales played with sticks. Also, Pacheco had 2 congas, when the Sonora always had one and he played a sparser pattern than that typically used for salsa. Additionally, the bongos with Pacheco riff or speak a lot, weaving in and out of the rhythm. The paila player with Sonora played straight much more of the time. The texture of the bands was very distinct and also what some might call the feeling which includes the rhythmic feel. All salsa is relatively square or quadrato whereas Cuban son is sinuous. The rhythm is more subtle, less in your face, especially in septeto or sexteto style.Yet more . . . author says the guitar with the Sonora Mantancera was not audibile in person or on recordings. Wrong, of course. On Melao de Cana the guitar is prominent, complimenting perfectly the guajira nature of the song. And more, the trumpets with Sonora did not play improvised solos as is done in son and salsa, yet of course they did on Pacheco records.I am plagued, finally, by wondering whether this author in fact LISTENED to music.

I read this book in it's original Spanish version, so I can't comment on the translated English version now available. The Spanish version was an entertaining read with a "Sociological Perspective" about the rise of Salsa in the 60's and 70's mostly focused on the artists on the Fania label - which is considered the "Golden Age" of Salsa Music. If you're a fan of that era, it's definitely worth a read. It'll bring back lots of memories. I only gave it 4 stars because the author, as has been pointed out by other reviewers, was a little loose with the facts and sometimes gets some of the details wrong. Although overall he gets the gist and spirit of the music and the times right. The other thing is that the author refers to Venezuela quite a bit, his home country, when this story is really more about Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico and New York who were the real stars of this music (besides Celia Cruz of course). But, cut the dude some slack, he's proud of his home country like everyone in the Caribbean is... (Que viva Colombia !Carajo!) Highly Recommended to fans of Old School Salsa.

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