Latin Jazz: The First Fusion, 1900-Today

by John Storm Roberts

Latin music - specifically, Brazilian, Cuban, Argentinean, and Mexican music - has been enormously influential on American jazz. However, until now no one has traced its impact or even recognized how enormously influential it has been throughout the entire history of jazz. This book traces, for the first time, the long history of interplay between these two rich musical traditions, shedding new light on the history of both styles.

Genres: Music, History

306 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1999

About the author

John Anthony Storm Roberts was an ethnomusicologist and co-founder of of the mail-order distributor of world music, Original Music.