ETHNOMUSICOLOGY / LATINX AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES / CARIBBEAN STUDIES Improvising Sabor Cuban Dance Music in New York Sue Miller Improvising Sabor: Cuban Dance Music in New York begins in 1960s New York and examines in rich detail the playing styles and international influence of import- ant figures in US Latin music. Such innovators as José Fajardo, Johnny Pacheco, George Castro, and Eddy Zervigón dazzled the Palladium ballroom and other Latin music venues in those crucible years. Author Sue Miller focuses on the Cuban flute style in light of its transformations in the US after the 1959 revolution and within the vibrant context of 1960s New York. While much about Latin jazz and salsa has been written, this book focuses on the relatively unexplored New York charangas that were performing during the chachachá and pachanga craze of the early sixties. Indeed, many accounts cut straight from the 1950s and the mambo to the bugalú’s development in the late 1960s with little mention of the chachachá and pachanga’s popularity in the mid-twentieth century. Improvising Sabor addresses not only this lost and ignored history, but contends with issues of race, class, and identity while evaluating differ- ences in style between players from prerevolution Cuban charangas and those of 1960s New York. The first thorough Through comprehensive explorations and transcriptions of numerous musi- exploration of the cal examples as well as interviews with and commentary from Latin musicians, Improvising Sabor highlights a specific sabor that is rooted in both Cuban dance innovative, flute-driven music forms and the rich performance culture of Latin New York. The distinctive styles generated by these musicians sparked compelling points of departure and Cuban dance music of influence. New York, charanga SUE MILLER is Reader in Music at Leeds Beckett University and bandleader of Charanga del Norte, and she has several books on music to her name. These books include Cuban Flute Style: Interpretation and Improvisation, which is the predeces- sor to the current volume. FEBRUARY 334 pages, 6 x 9 inches, 37 b&w illus- trations, 8 tables, 121 musical notations Printed casebinding $99.00S 978-1-4968-3215-3 Paper $30.00S 978-1-4968-3216-0 Ebook available # Improvising Sabor SHIPPING INFORMATION METHOD OF PAYMENT Cuban Dance Music in New York Name Qty. Cloth Qty. Paper ORDER ONLINE Price Each / www.upress.state.ms.us BY PHONE Address Shipping Subtotal (800) 737-7788 or (601) 432-6205 BY FAX MS Sales Tax Total (601) 432-6217 BY MAIL o VISA o American Express o Discover University Press of Mississippi o MasterCard o Check or Money Order 3825 Ridgewood Road payable to University Press of Mississippi Jackson, MS 39211-6492 SHIPPING AND HANDLING City Card No. US: $5.00 for the first book, $3.00 each additional book State/Zip Exp. Date Security Code International: $10.00 per book SALES TAX Phone Name on Card 8% sales tax for orders in Mississippi E-mail Signature FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Twitter: @upmiss // Instagram: @upmississippi // Facebook: University Press of Mississippi.