Salsa Consciente by Andrs Agurto

Salsa Consciente by Andrs Agurto

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Summary

This volume explores the significations and developments of the Salsa consciente movement, a Latino musico-poetic and political discourse that exploded in the 1970s but then dwindled in momentum into the early 1990s.

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Salsa Consciente by Andrs Agurto

Explores the significations and developments of the Salsa consciente movement, a Latino musico-poetic and political discourse that exploded in the 1970s but then dwindled in momentum into the early 1990s.

ANDRÉS ESPINOZA AGURTO currently serves as assistant professor in the Department of Music at Florida Atlantic University. He studied Afro-Cuban percussion at the Escuela Nacional de Arte (Cuba), graduated summa cum laude from Berklee College of Music with a degree in jazz composition, and holds an MA in music from the University of York (England). He received his PhD in musicology and ethnomusicology from Boston University. He is the composer, musical director, and percussionist of his own group, Ayé. He is also a consecrated drummer in the lineage of Añá Ilu Kan and is currently conducting research on the lineage, performance practice, and aesthetics of Afro-Cuban batá drummers and drumming. He is an active participant in the Percussive Arts Society where he serves as the cochair of the World Percussion Committee.

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ISBN 13 9781611864014
ISBN 10 1611864011
Title Salsa Consciente
Author Andrés Espinoza Agurto
Series Latinos In The United States
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Michigan State University Press
Year published 2021-12-30
Number of pages 340
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