The Tide Was Always High : The Music of Latin America in Los Angeles / Josh Kun.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kun, Josh, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin Americans--California--Los Angeles--Music--History and criticism.

Latin Americans.

Popular music--California--Los Angeles--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Popular music--California--Los Angeles--Latin American influences.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In 1980, the celebrated new wave band Blondie headed to Los Angeles to record a new album and along with it, the cover song "The Tide Is High," originally written by Jamaican legend John Holt. Featuring percussion by Peruvian drummer and veteran LA session musician "Alex" Acuña, and with horns and violins that were pure LA mariachi by way of Mexico, "The Tide Is High" demonstrates just one of the ways in which Los Angeles and the music of Latin America have been intertwined since the birth of the city in the eighteenth century. The Tide Was Always High gathers together essays, interviews, and analysis from leading academics, artists, journalists, and iconic Latin American musicians to explore the vibrant connections between Los Angeles and Latin America. Published in conjunction with the Getty's Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, the book shows how Latin American musicians and music have helped shape the city's culture-from Hollywood film sets to recording studios, from vaudeville theaters to Sunset Strip nightclubs, and from Carmen Miranda to Pérez Prado and Juan García Esquivel.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE. THE MUSIC OF LA/LA

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION. The Tide Was Always High / Kun, Josh

1. MEXICAN MUSICAL THEATER AND MOVIE PALACES IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES BEFORE 1950 / Koegel, John

2. RUMBA EMISSARIES / Vazquez, Alexandra T.

3. DOING THE SAMBA ON SUNSET BOULEVARD / Clark, Walter Aaron

4. WALT DISNEY'S SALUDOS AMIGOS / Hess, Carol A.

5. A CENTURY OF LATIN MUSIC AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL / Gurza, Agustin

6. VOICE OF THE XTABAY AND BULLOCKS WILSHIRE / Miranda, Carolina A.

7. MUSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY / Reyes-Whittaker, Gabriel

8. ESQUIVEL! / Obrist, Hans Ulrich

9. LISTENING ACROSS BOUNDARIES / Garcia, David F.

10. STUDIO STORIES / Arcos, Betto / Kun, Josh

11. FROM BAHIANAS TO THE KING OF POP . . . / Cross, Brian

12. HEROES AND SAINTS / Alfaro, Luis

13. STAGING THE DANCE OF COALITION WITH VERSA-STYLE AND CONTRA-TIEMPO / García, Cindy

14. BOOMING BANDAS OF LOS ÁNGELES / Chávez, Xóchitl C.

15. CAMINOS Y CANCIONES EN LOS ANGELES, CA / Gonzalez, Martha

CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780520967533

0520967534

OCLC:

975176545