A Great Collection Of
......................... Latin Jazz Books

Latin Jazz Books For In-Depth Knowledge & Understanding Of This Exciting Jazz Idiom. More About Mambo, Bossa Nova, Salsa, Rhumba, Samba .....


Hi, Jazz Fan:

A timely opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of Latin jazz so as to better enjoy listening or dancing to it - that is what this webpage aims to offer.

The Latin jazz books listed below dwell on the "Latin" countries that have made major contributions to the emergence of this jazz form; on hot swing dance forms like samba, rhumba, salsa, mambo, bossa nova; on some of the leading lights who helped "found" Latin jazz.

Other than Latin jazz books, there is also a free online reference for further cross-referencing as well as some very useful reference works on jazz in general.

Happy browsing > > >

(1) WIKIPEDIA - The Free Encyclopedia

(2) LATIN JAZZ BOOKS

1 LATIN JAZZ: The Perfect Combination (2002)
..... by Raul Fernandez

2 LATIN JAZZ: The First of the Fusions - 1880s to Today (2000)
..... by John Storm Roberts

3 THE LATIN BEAT: The Rhythms and Roots of Latin Music (2003)
..... by Ed Morales

4 TITO PUENTE and the Making of Latin Music (1999)
..... by Steven Joseph Loza

5 CUBAN FIRE: The Saga of Salsa and Latin Jazz (2002)
..... by Isabelle Leymarie

6 CUBANO BE, CUBANO BOP: One Hundred Years of Jazz in Cuba (2003)
..... by Lenardo Acosta

7 RITES OF RHYTHM: The Music of Cuba (2003)
..... by Jory Farr

8 CARIBBEAN CURRENTS: Caribbean Music from Rhumba to Reggae ('95)
..... by Peter Manuel

9 THE BRAZILIAN SOUND: Samba, Bossa Nova and the Popular Music of Brazil (1998)
..... by Chris McGowan & Ricardo Pessanha

10 BOSSA NOVA: The Story of the Brazilian Sound that Seduced the World (2003)
..... by Ruy Castro

11 MAMBO KINGDOM: Latin Music in New York (2002)
..... by Max Salazar

12 SAMBA: Resistance in Motion (1995)
..... by Barbara Browning

(3) GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS

13 The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (1994)
..... by Barry Kernfeld (ed.)

14 The Encyclopedia of Jazz (1984)
..... by Leonard Feather

15 The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz (1999)
..... by Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler

16 Who's Who of Jazz, 5th ed.(1989)
..... by John Chilton