Salsa Rising

Salsa Rising provides the first full-length historical account of Latin Music in this city guided by close critical attention to issues of tradition and experimentation, authenticity and dilution, and the often clashing roles of cultural communities and the commercial recording industry in the shaping of musical practices and tastes.

Juan Flores is a Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU.

Preface
Introduction. Guaracha to Mambo: Style Shifts of the Earlier Generations (1930-60)
Chapter 1. Pachanga Alegre
Chapter 2. La PerfectaFit
Chapter 3. Boogaloo Soul
Chapter 4. Revolt in Típico
Chapter 5. Fania's Latin Thing
Chapter 6. Salsoul Challenges
Coda