{"product_id":"9781588345479","title":"Cubano Be, Cubano Bop: One Hundred Years of Jazz in Cuba","description":"Based on unprecedented research in Cuba, the direct testimony of scores  of Cuban musicians, and the author's unique experience as a prominent  jazz musician, \u003ci\u003eCubano Be, Cubano Bop\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to take its  place among the classics of jazz history. The work pays tribute not only  to a distinguished lineage of Cuban jazz musicians and composers, but  also to the rich musical exchanges between Cuban and American jazz  throughout the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe work begins with the first  encounters between Cuban music and jazz around the turn of the last  century. Acosta writes about the presence of Cuban musicians in New  Orleans and the “Spanish tinge” in early jazz from the city, the  formation and spread of the first jazz ensembles in Cuba, the big bands  of the thirties, and the inception of “Latin jazz.” He explores the  evolution of Bebop, Feeling, and Mambo in the forties, leading to the  explosion of Cubop or Afro-Cuban jazz and the innovations of the  legendary musicians and composers Machito, Mario Bauzá, Dizzy Gillespie,  and Chano Pozo. The work concludes with a new generation of Cuban jazz  artists, including the Grammy award-winning musicians and composers  Chucho Valdés and Paquito D’Rivera.","brand":"Smithsonian Institution Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137878114544,"sku":"9781588345479","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781588345479_p0.jpg?v=1763802150","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781588345479","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}