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Salsa Talks!


Salsa Talks!

Mary Kent

Digital Domain

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Salsa Talks!: A Musical Heritage Uncovered by Latin music expert and enthusiast Mary Kent is a veritable "who's who" focusing on the men and women associated with the Afro-Caribbean music called "Salsa" which is rooted in the Cuban culture and revamped in the barrios Barrios is a name of Hispanic origin. The name may refer to: Persons
  • Agustín Barrios (1885–1944), Paraguayan guitarist and composer
  • Arturo Barrios (born 1962), Mexican long-distance runner and former world record holder
 of New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
. Here are noted band leaders, musicians, arrangers, singers, producers, promoters, and Salsa experts ranging from songwriter, journalist and musicologist mu·si·col·o·gy  
n.
The historical and scientific study of music.



musi·co·log
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1. a spoon-shaped instrument for cleansing a diseased surface.

2. to use a curet.

Curet
A surgical instrument with a circular cutting loop at one end.
 Alonzo; to pianist, composer, arranger, founder of the Cuban group Irakere Chucho Valdes; to band leader, Apollo Sound, percussionist, dancer, Fania All Star Roberto Roena. Profusely illustrated throughout, Salsa Talks! is a 416-page hardcover coffee table book that is enhanced with a three level index, an extensive biography, a glossary, and Mary Kent's own picks fora Salsa musicians "Hall of Fame". A strongly recommended addition for academic and community library American Music History collections, all Salsa music enthusiasts will want to simply browse through the pages of Salsa Talks!: A Musical Heritage.
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