Caribbean currents : Caribbean music from rumba to reggae /

Manuel, Peter , 1952

Caribbean currents : Caribbean music from rumba to reggae / Caribbean music from rumba to reggae Peter Manuel ; with Kenneth Bilby and Michael Largey. - Rev. and expanded ed. - Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers, 2006. - xiv, 319 p. : ill. map. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p.291-298) and index.

Introduction--- The Caribbean crucible --- Cuba --- Puerto Rico --- Salsa and beyond --- The Dominican Republic --- Haiti and the French Caribbean --- Jamaica --- Trinidad, calypso, and carnival --- East Indian music : and big sounds from the "small islands" --- Five themes in the study of Caribbean music.

9766372586 (pbk) 9789766372583

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Music--History and criticism.--West Indies
Music--History and criticism.--Caribbean Area

200 ML 3565 / M294c 2006

780/.9729