| Uniform title | Rostros de la salsa. English |
| Contents |
The Salsero: music and conscience -- Conversation in La Catedral with Mario Bauza -- Willie Colon: the salsa kings don't just play songs of love -- Johnny Ventura: merengue can be a very serious thing, but also wonderful -- Johnny Pacheco: from the new tumbao to the old tumbao: the great chronicle of salsa -- Juan Formell: it ain't easy, it ain't easy -- Searching for Reuben Blades -- Cachao Lopez: my language is a double bass -- Wilfrido Vargas: I am merengue -- Papo Lucca: from ponce to heaven (without a doubt) -- Adalberto Alvarez: sonero in a car -- Juan Luis Guerra: with and without hat -- Nelson Rodriguez: with salsa until 2000 -- Radames Giro: the tangents of salsa -- Ten reasons and five opinions to believe (or not) in the existence of salsa. |
| Abstract |
In this book, the author interviews the movers and shakers of the Salsa music world creating an oral history of the musicians, historical details, political context, and colorful anecdotes on one of the world's most popular music forms. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2003041539 |
| ISBN | 1588340805 (alk. paper) |
