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The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublett	Arsenio Rodriguez And The Transnational Flows Of Latin Popular Music by David F. Garcia	Hablando De Música Cubana por Raúl Fernández
La Música Salsa En Panamá Y Algo Más by Francisco Buckley "Bush	¡Cocinando! Fifty Years Of Latin Album Cover Art by Pablo Yglesias	From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz (Music of the African Diaspora) by Raul Fernandez
El Libro De La Salsa: Cronica De La Música Del Caribe Urbano by Cesar Miguel Rondon	In One Ear, And In The Other: Memories Of 48 Years In Recording By Irv Greenbaum:	Historia De La Salsa por Hiram Guadalupe Pérez
Cuba and its Music: From the first drums to the Mambo by Ned Sublette	Situating Salsa: Global Markets and Local Meanings in Latin Popular Music by Lise Waxer	Ismael Rivera: El sonero mayor by Rafael Figueroa Hernández
Faces Of Salsa: A Spoken History Of The Music by Leonardo Padura Fuentes	El Libro De La Salsa: Cronica De La Música Del Caribe Urbano por Cesar Miguel Rondon	Desmitificación De Una Diva-La Verdad Sobre La Lupe By Juan Moreno-Velazquez
My Music Is My Flag: Puerto Rican Musicians And Their New York Communities 1917-1940 by Ruth Glasser	Divine Utterances: The Performance Of Afro-Cuban Santeria By Katherine J. Hagedorn book & CD	Sin Clave y Bongó No Hay Son: Música Afrocubana y Confluencias Musicales de Colombia y Cuba por Fabio Betancur Alvarez
Cada Cabeza Es Un Mundo: Relatos E Historias De Héctor Lavoe por Jaime Torres Torres	Mambo Kingdom: Latin Music in New York by Max Salazar	Cubano Be Cubano Bop: One Hundred Years Of Jazz In Cuba By Leonardo Acosta
Cuban Fire: The Story of Salsa and Latin Jazz by Isabelle Leymarie	Tito Puente's Drumming with the Mambo King by Tito Puente and John Payne	Latin Jazz: The Perfect Combination by Raúl Fernández (Spanish/English) CD available also
The Latin Tinge: The Impact of Latin American Music in the United States by John Storm Roberts	Latin Jazz: the First Fusion, 1900-Today by John Storm Roberts	Afro-Cuban Jazz: Third Ear - Essential Listening Companion by Steve Yanow
Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe edited by M. Algarin, B. Holman, N. Blackman	Afro-Cuban Voices: On Race and Idnetiy in Contemporary Cuba by Pedro Perez Sarduy and Jean Stubbs	Stories from Puerto Rico by Robert L. Muckley and Adela Martínez-Santiago (Spanish/English)
The Rough Guide to Cuban Music by Phillip Sweeny	Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writing - an Anthology by Roberto Santiago	Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas
Drumming for the Gods: The Life and Times of Felips Garcia Villamil, Santero, Palero, and Abakua by Maria Teresa Velez	Living Santeria: Rituals And Experiences In An Afro-Cuban Religion by Michael Atwood	Nationalizing Blackness: Afrocubanismo and Artistic Revolution in Havana, 1920-1940 by Robin D. Moore
VIDEO/DVD - Music, history, concerts, movies To purchase any item listed below, click on an image.
Tanya Maria: The Best of Brazil	Tony Vega: En Concierto	Live In New York: Los Van Van Black & White Collector's Edition
Tito Rodriquez: Inolvidable, Vol. 2	Homenaje A Frankie Ruiz: ¡Va Por Ti, Frankie! En Vivo Desde Tenerife, Islas Canarias	Ruben Blades:Calí Concert
The Legacy Of Chano Pozo(DVD)	David Calzado Y Su Charanga Habanera Popular! (DVD)	De La Mejor Música Cubana - Klimax... The Best Cuban Music (DVD)
Como Se Forma Una Rumba Documentary by Ivan Acosta (DVD)	Alfredo Calvo and Friends La Fuerza Del Tambor - Bata, Bembé Y Güiro En Matanzas, Cuba (DVD)	Raphy Leavitt Y Orquesta La Selecta 30 Aniversario: Live (2-DVD Set)
Knock Out: Lazarito Valdés Y Bamboleo & Manolito Simonet Y Su Trabuco En Concierto (DVD & CD)	Candido Camero Hands Of Fire : A Documentary By Ivan Acosta (DVD)	Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz Que Vuelva La Música Concierto(DVD)
Chucho Valdés Featuring Irakere: Latin Jazz Founders (DVD)	Añoranza Del Ayer: Beny Moré Y Daniel Santos (DVD)	Puerto Rican Masters Tributo Al Sonero De Pueblo: Marvin Santiago (DVD)
Los Papines	Los Van Van Live in Puerto Rico	Afro Cuban All Stars Live in Japan
Africando Live (DVD)		Los Muñequitos De Matanzas: En Su Barrio (DVD)
Vamos Al Tambor: Presentations In Matanzas, Cuba (DVD)	Trio Matamoros Eternamente, Matamoros (DVD)	Septeto Nacional De Ignacio Piñeiro El Son Es Lo Más Sublime (DVD)
Buena Vista Social Club (viedo/DVD)	Calle 54 by Fernando Trueba (video/DVD)	Roots of Rhythm narrated by Harry Belafonte
The Golden Age of Salsa with Larry Harlow	Poncho Sanchez: A Night at Kimball's East	Jam Miami
The Return of Ruben Blades	Salsa: Latin Pop Music in the Cities	Raices: Banco Poplular, Puerto Rico 2001
Tremendo Vacilon	Celia Cruz: A night of Salsa	Cuban Odyseey w/Jane Bunnett CD available also
Dizzy Gilespie &	Gato Barbieri: Latin Quarter	Tito Rojas Live: Auténticamente En Vivo
Everyday Art: Cuban Folk Music	Strawberry & Chocolate dir. by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Spanish/English)	Bitter Sugar dir. by Leon Ichaso (Spanish/English)
I am Cuba dir. by Mikheil Kalatozishvili	Guantanamera dir. by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Spanish/English)	The Last Supper dir. by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Spanish/English)
Anacona: Ten Sisters of Rhythm	The Best Of Maraca's Bailables: CD & DVD	Musical History - The Cuban Dances Roots: Videos And Interviews
Tito Punete: Live in Montreal	Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound En Vivo Desde Bellas Artes	Son 80s Live At S.O.B.s (DVD)
BOOKS / VIDEO / DVD - Instructional To purchase any item listed below, click on an image.
José Francisco Barroso Obakóso: Dances Of The Orisha - Afro-Cuban Dance Technique(DVD)	The Tomás Cruz Conga Method (3 Book & DVD series)	Michael Spiro: The Conga Drummer's Guidebook - (Book & CD Package)
Poncho Sanchez' Conga Cookbook by Poncho Sanchez (book)	Conversations in Clave: The Ultimate Technical Study of Four-Way Independence in Afro-Cuban Rhythms by Horacio Hernandez (book)	Mastering The Art Of Afro-Cuban Drumming with Ignacio Berroa (video)
Changuito: A Master's Approach To Timbales (book/cd)	Miguel Anga Diaz: Anga Mania! (video)	Giovanni Hidalgo: One On One / Mano A Mano (video)
Eddie Torres Teaches Salsa Nightclub Style, Vol. 1 & 2	Dance Hot Salsa, Level 1 & 2 with Josie Neglia	Casino Cubano with Lazaro Norriega

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