Christopher Washburne: Sounding Salsa

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>Inside New York City’s vibrant salsa scene<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/sc_add_query.cgi/7700/1557_reg.ctl" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/sc_modify_query.cgi" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/sc_checkout.cgi" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="1518_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>Sounding Salsa</h1> <H2>Performing Latin Music in New York City</H2> <h3>Christopher Washburne</h3> <P>cloth 1592133150 $79.50, Jun 08, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Not Yet Published Preorder</FONT> <br>paper 1592133169 $24.95, Jun 08, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Not Yet Published Preorder</FONT> <BR> 272 pp 6x9 7 figures 19 halftones </P><BLOCKQUOTE><I>"Washburne shows the reader in myriad ways how and why salseros have become the ‘migrant workers’ of the music world. His vantage point as both practicing musician and scholar is unique, giving us a privileged view of musical performance as seen from the bandstand. This is a very successful and engaging sociology and ethnomusicology of modern salsa"</I> <br>&#151<b>Ruth Glasser</b>, Lecturer, Urban and Community Studies Program, University of Connecticut, author of <i>My Music is My Flag: Puerto Rican Musicians and Their New York Communities, 1917-1940</i></I></BLOCKQUOTE> <p>This ethnographic journey into the New York salsa scene of the 1990s is the first of its kind. Written by a musical insider, and from the perspective of salsa musicians, <i>Sounding Salsa</i> is a pioneering study that offers detailed accounts of these musicians grappling with intercultural tensions and commercial pressures. Christopher Washburne, himself an accomplished salsa musician, examines the organizational structures, recording processes, rehearsing, and gigging of salsa bands, paying particular attention to how they created a sense of community, privileged “the people” over artistic and commercial concerns, and incited cultural pride during performances. <p><i>Sounding Salsa</i> addresses a range of issues, musical and social. Musically, Washburne examines sound structure, salsa aesthetics, and performance practice, along with the influences of Puerto Rican music. Socially, he considers the roles of the illicit drug trade, gender, and violence in shaping the salsa experience. Highly readable, <i>Sounding Salsa</i> offers a behind-the-scenes perspective on a musical movement that became a social phenomenon. <BR> <h2>Reviews</h2> <p><I>"Christopher Washburne has drawn a fascinating portrait of salsa’s musical and business practices. As a professional trombonist for top salsa bands, he combines the intimate knowledge of an observing participant with the critical distance of scholarly analysis. I was impressed with his deft interpretation of controversial issues in studying salsa."</i> <br>&#151<b>Jorge Duany</b>, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, author of <i>The Puerto Rican Nation on the Move: Identities on the Island and in the United States</i> <p>"Sounding Salsa<i> provides an insight into the lives and experiences of salsa musicians. Washburne has done thorough research and the book is a comprehensive historical account of Salsa in New York in the 1990s."</i> <br>&#151<b>Patria Roman-Velazquez</b>, City University, London <BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <P><b>Christopher Washburne</b> is an Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology at Columbia University and the founder and Director of Columbia's Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program. He has recorded over 150 albums and performed with numerous Latin musicians including Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Celia Cruz, Marc Anthony, and Rubén Blades. He leads his own band SYOTOS, a popular Latin Jazz group in New York.</P> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/music.html" TARGET="_top">Music and Dance</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/latino.html" TARGET="_top">Latino/a Studies</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/urban.html" TARGET="_top">Urban Studies</a> </p> <BR><h2 class="inpageheading">In the series</H2> <P><I><a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress/latin_music.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Click for other books in this series!'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" target="_top">Studies in Latin American and Caribbean Music</a></i>, edited by Peter Manuel. </p><p><i>Studies in Latin American and Caribbean Music</i>, edited by Peter Manuel, aims to present interdisciplinary studies in the traditional and contemporary musics of Latin America and the Caribbean.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/sc_add_query.cgi/7700/1557_reg.ctl" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/sc_modify_query.cgi" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/sc_checkout.cgi" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2008 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. 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