Table of Contents

Preface PART I. Popular Music: Worksong of the Caribbean 1. The Salsa Concept 2. Ontology of the Son 3. The Aesthetics of Sabor PART II. On the Road to Latin Jazz 4. Magic Mixture 5. Drumming in Cuban 6. Lords of the Tambor 7. Chocolate Dreams 8. The Taste of !Azucar! Afterword Notes Index

About the Author

Raul A. Fernandez is Professor of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the coauthor off One Hundred Years of Chicano History: Empire, Nations and Migration (2003), and author of Latin Jazz: The Perfect Combination (2002), and The U.S.-Mexico Border: A Politico-Economic Profile (1977).

Reviews

"This short, extremely pleasant, and easy-to-read book will enrich your bookshelf in much the same way as Cuban music does the world." Journal Of Folklore Research