Washburne, Christopher - Latin Jazz

Latin Jazz: The Other Jazz uncovers Latin jazz's rich intercultural heritage, exploring its Caribbean and Latin American musical roots, its ability to transcend genre boundaries, and its inseparability from issues of ethnicity and nation.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Other Jazz
Chapter 1: Why call it Latin Jazz? Afro-Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Cubop, Caribbean Jazz, Jazz Latin, or just... Jazz: the politics of naming an intercultural music
Chapter 2: Caribbean and Latin American Reverberations and the First Birth of Latin Jazz: New Orleans and the Spanish Tinge
Chapter 3: The Second Birth of Latin Jazz: Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington Do the Rumba
Chapter 4: El Tema del Apollo: Latin American and Caribbean music in Harlem
Chapter 5: The Othering of Latin Jazz
Chapter 6: More Cowbell: Latin Jazz in the 21st Century
Epilogue
References

Series	Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music