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ISBN-10: 0825672775
ISBN-13: 9780825672774
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Shortly after Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship in 1917, they began moving into the uptown Manhattan neighborhood that would become known as Spanish Harlem. By 1930, Afro-Cuban music had gained a firm foothold in the city, setting the stage for the mambo, pachanga, boogaloo, and salsa scenes that followed. In this collection of profiles and essays, Max Salazar tells the story of the music and the musicians who made it happen, including Rafael Hernandez, Miguelito Valdes, Noro Morales, Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, Charlie Palmieri, Joe Cuba, Hector Lavoe, and many others. El Barrio, the Spanish phrase for "the neighborhood," is a term immediately recognized by Hispanics who have… lived in New York City's East Harlem -- the section of Manhattan's Upper East Side that runs northward from Ninety-sixth to 125th Streets and eastward from Fifth Avenue to the East River Drive. "Spanish Harlem," as it is often called, was a refuge where Puerto Ricans and Cubans squeezed together to feel at ease. For them, Afro-Cuban music was much more than entertainment, it was an indispensable crutch for Latinos determined to survive in an alien environment. In 1942, the Palladium Ballroom opened in midtown Manhattan, and it was there that a new Cuban rhythm -- the mambo -- exploded. Soon it would be heard around the world. In the fifty years that followed, new musical trends would come and go, but none would outshine the mambo. Today, popular up-tempo Latin dance music is called "salsa" and is enjoyed the world over. But the sound of salsa is rooted in the Palladium Ballroom, in Cuba, and especially in New York City's Spanish Harlem. This book is about the musical sounds of El Barrio and the people who made those sounds, beginning in the 1920s. Book jacket.