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The Tide Was Always High: The Music of Latin America in Los Angeles

The Tide Was Always High: The Music of Latin America in Los Angeles

Kun, Josh

Paperback

Regional: WestWorld Music

ISBN10: 0520294408
ISBN13: 9780520294400
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: Sep 26 2017
Pages: 252
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.90 Depth: 9.90
Language: English
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.

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