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Spanish Harlem�s musical development thrived between the 1930s and 1980s in New York City. This area was called El Barrio by its inhabitants and Spanish Harlem by all others. It was a neighborhood where musicians from the Caribbean or their descendants organized musical groups, thereby adding to the diaspora that began in Africa and Spain. The music now called salsa had its roots in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Santo Domingo, and it continued developing...
Publisher
Legacy
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Recorded during the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, these live performances have not been heard in over fifty years. This album brings a lost moment in musical history to light with performances from The Staple Singers, Sly & The Family Stone, and more.
20) Calle 54
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
Español
Description
Introduced to Latin jazz in the 1980s, when he was beginning his career as a director, Fernando Trueba has since become a devoted fan of the music. Noted jazz artists have scored for some of his films and he took his love of the music one step further in which he gathered together a number of his favorite Latin jazz artists for a series of interviews and performances.