Cocinando!: Fifty Years of Latin Album Cover Art

by Pablo Yglesias, Izzy Sanabria (Foreword)

Driving beats, coursing rhythms, swaying skirts, and swaggering bandleaders playing deep into the sultry Latin music is a celebration of life and sensuality, and nowhere are these essential values better reflected than the dazzling record covers that present this music to the world. Cocinando!: Fifty Years of Latin Album Cover Art draws together the most beautiful, sexy, colorful, innovative, and creative Latin record covers from all the various genres of Latin mambo, salsa, bossa nova, tropiclia, Latin jazz, and rock. Featured are covers by such legendary performers as Joo Gilberto, Machito, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Ray Baretto, Caetano Veloso, Santana, and countless others. Author Pablo Yglesias provides a compelling introduction to the history of Latin popular music and the designers who have brought this music to visual life.

Genres: Music, Art

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 27, 2005

Reviews

[Rosa Jimenez-Hernandez · Rating 4 out of 5]

I learned that my dad's record collection kicked ass!

[Daniel Burke · Rating 5 out of 5]

OK, I didn't really 'read' this book, not like cover-to-cover. It's not the kind of book you just read. But I read and viewed a lot of it and will continue to browse and read since it is fascinating. It remains on my coffee table.