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Latin Jazz: The Other Jazz

by Christopher Washburne

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Reframing Latin jazz within jazz history

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Reframing Latin jazz within jazz history

Christopher Washburne examines Latin jazz as an international strand of jazz whose cultural roots have often been minimized in standard histories of the genre. The book places musical exchange alongside the forces that shaped its recognition and development, including economics, race, ethnicity, and nationalism. Framed by the perspective of a longtime jazz insider, it offers a historical account that treats Latin jazz not as a peripheral addition but as a central expression of jazz’s cross-cultural formation.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Jazz listeners interested in the history of Latin jazz
  • Music students exploring jazz, cultural exchange, and identity
  • Readers interested in the relationship between music and social history

Themes

Latin jazz historyCross-cultural musical exchangeRace and ethnicityNationalismJazz historiography

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Book overview

Jazz has always been a genre built on the blending of disparate musical cultures. Latin jazz illustrates this perhaps better than any other style in this rich tradition, yet its cultural heritage has been all but erased from narratives of jazz history. Told from the perspective of a long-time jazz insider, Latin Jazz: The Other Jazz corrects the record, providing a historical account that embraces the genre's international nature and explores the dynamic interplay of economics, race, ethnicity, and nationalism that shaped it.
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